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Subject:Re: Leaking auto tranny
From:Zoltan
Date:Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:04:13 -0700

I can only think of the seal behind the torque converter.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Merv" <themervino@CS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 2:40 PM
Subject: Leaking auto tranny

>I have an 85 auto tranny hooked to a Subie EJ 22 that is leaking very badly
> on hard climbs. Does not do it otherwise. At firt I thought is was the
> main
> seal on the engine or the oil seperator plate. Changed those and should
> have
> gone into the tranny but did not. On a hard climb(over passes in Vermont)
> where it really cranks hard, at the top it is leaking pretty bad.
> I have never messed with going into the seals of an auto tranny. Can
> anyone
> tell me how difficult it is to remove the torque converter and get at and
> change the converter oil seal. Any other ideas as to what may be leaking
> in
> there. It is definitly tranny fluid coming out where bell housing meets
> the
> tranny. Any thoughts or experiences are surely appreciated before I do it
> the slow learn as you go way. Merv.
>
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