A post titled "Sealing oil pan & timing cover" back on Jan 29 under "Engine" also entailed sealing a leak at end of Transmission tail shaft. My second post under the above topic is below:



The transmission was drained down via a drain plug in its deep pan in preparation to pulling engine & transmission. Now engine and trans are back in car, transmission has been filled thus far with one gallon of transmission fluid, and shows high on dipstick, and is in need to be topped off. I have not yet had a chance to start the engine because car is in my basement all snug and warm awaiting a warm day to be pushed out in the open to be run so coolant and trans fluid can be correctly filled. That day is going to be Monday Feb 24 when Feb in Maine gets into high 40's, in fact into the mid and low 40's for the next five days or so; very, very unseasonable for this neck of the woods.

While waiting for a warm start day, I have observed no transmission fluid dripping from transmission after performing the above removal of corrosion and a dab of blue sealer applied to back side of new oil seal, and retourquing of pan bolts. Previously after several days of car sitting unused there would be a 4" dia. or more puddle of fluid on floor under end of tail shaft. The converter would drain back over flowing the pan, high tide one perhaps would say, and fluid would drip, drip, drip out between seal's metal body, and tail shaft.

I'm happy with the fix so far.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Up date:

That warm day came, got the car outside, topped off radiator which took for ever for thermostat to open and burp. Drove it up the street and back into basement. There on the floor was a steady line of red oil drops... As well a big red spot in the snow where parked for radiator top-off. Now what the hell?

Tightened the rearmost cooler line, swapped end to end rod between floor snifter and detent arm, it wouldn't pull into 1st, and another test this time inside in neutral for a few seconds. Still leaking! This is a PIA, because the old convertible sags just enough so the doors won't open when on jack stands. Turns out the front cooler line was loose, but with two exhaust pipes, bell-housing, and all the rest of the rigg'en in that spot it took three different wrenches to turn nut enough get it tight enough not to dribble.

So today I'm reporting an oil spot free zone under my 67.

Happy, happy, happy.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.

82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp

07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Congrats, Bill!

Lou

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