Did you try tightening bolts attaching output housing to trans?
I had small leak at one bolt and my trans guy told me just to tighten the
bolt
and leak was fixed
Leon

On Sun, 15 May 2005 09:55:22 -0400, MilosKitchen
<sagmoore@ZOOMINTERNET.NET> wrote:

>  I realize now that I was a little vague; Bentley calls this the "output
> housing" on the 4WD transmission.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of
> MilosKitchen
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:27 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Syncro transmission seam leak
>
> Hello Volks,
>
> After cleaning off my Syncro transaxle case from the red sand that was
> caked
> all over it, I now find small oil drops on the garage floor after a long
> drive. It is coming from the transaxle output case at the parting seam,
> not
> the driveshaft seal itself (the housing where a driveshaft decoupler
> would
> be). It appears that there is no paper gasket, but instead a bead of
> something similar to "the Right Stuff" or some similar gasket forming
> material. Looks like it is easy enough to unbolt, clean up and carefully
> reseal. Any problems that I am not foreseeing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005
>

--
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/