Forget the gasket and use the "Right Stuff". Once the cover is bent from
the original cork gasket, they do not seal well with the new style fiber.
The "Right Stuff" will make that leak stop.

Also, you do not want MT90 here. No Syncros or shifting stuff. You want a
GL-5 or GL-6 extreme pressure gear lube.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Gerald Masar
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: final drive cover leaking

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