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Subject:Re: final drive cover leaking
From:John Meeks
Date:Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:15:40 -0400

Jerry,

Was MT90 a typo?

John

On 11/3/07, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Another problem.
> This is on a '88 Westy with AT. Sometime back, I drained the oil from the final drive,
> carefully cleaned the old gasket off, the cover and mating surface and replaced the
> cover with a new gasket ($30+), new, slightly longer bolts and lock washers. I
> CAREFULLY torqued it according to the instructions in Bentley. I refilled with Redline
> MT90.
> I cannot get it to stop leaking. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just leaking on the
> floor, but it is being picked up by the spinning torque converter and flung out the
> holes in the top, all over the wiring, etc. on both sides of the firewall above. Any
> suggestions to stop the leak?
> As always, thanks,
> Jerry
>

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John Meeks

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