I don't know if anyone can help me but humorous replies will be a welcome diversion.
A few months ago I rebuilt my Type A overdrive. I filled it with 80 weight gear oil and it sat, mated to the engine on my garage floor for about 6 months. No leaks. A few months ago I hauled it over to the body shop and it sat there with no leaks. We installed it (tranny top cover off) about a month ago. When I came to pick it up yesterday, a huge puddle of gear oil was under it. At the moment there is no transmission cover over it and the yoke horse collar is not installed yet so I can get it out fairly easily. Bell housing and rear mount and its good to go.
I appears that it is leaking from the corner where the overdrive solenoid cover meets the Trans/OD adapter. Obviously I used new gaskets and I also gooped those joints liberally with the brown permatex gasket stuff.
I was hoping that when we tipped the unit to clear it for installation, some oil may have leaked from the missing top cover into somewhere where it is now leaking from, but this seems to be a forlorn hope.
Thanks for your sympathy
Al
A few months ago I rebuilt my Type A overdrive. I filled it with 80 weight gear oil and it sat, mated to the engine on my garage floor for about 6 months. No leaks. A few months ago I hauled it over to the body shop and it sat there with no leaks. We installed it (tranny top cover off) about a month ago. When I came to pick it up yesterday, a huge puddle of gear oil was under it. At the moment there is no transmission cover over it and the yoke horse collar is not installed yet so I can get it out fairly easily. Bell housing and rear mount and its good to go.
I appears that it is leaking from the corner where the overdrive solenoid cover meets the Trans/OD adapter. Obviously I used new gaskets and I also gooped those joints liberally with the brown permatex gasket stuff.
I was hoping that when we tipped the unit to clear it for installation, some oil may have leaked from the missing top cover into somewhere where it is now leaking from, but this seems to be a forlorn hope.
Thanks for your sympathy
Al