Post by ricky8664 on Aug 9, 2023 21:41:53 GMT
Still awaiting return of the calipers and the SD1 heads and it looks like the respray cannot be done until early in the NY.
Whilst kicking my heels. I've been convinced that I should attempt to solve the auto box problems at home , rather than having a full rebuild. The main reason is the box always ran faultlessly before taken off the road and the problem is/are oil leaks from the box.
Main one is that the bell housing is always covered in the red trans fluid and when the car is off the road, it drips onto the two exhaust downpipes meaning that when the engine is next fired up, the oil burns off the exhaust for a good 5 mins, smoking out the garage. I have a complete new SS exhaust to fit but want to get the oil leaks fixed first.
So the plan is to remove the transmission and replace the front servo oil seal (which I assume seems the main culprit) but to also do the rear oil seal as well and take off the sump and clean the oil filter and put a new sump gasket on too, though that does not seem to be leaking.
Having looked at the workshop manual I cannot see any other obvious seal to replace, but also. its not clear whether you have to dismantle the transmission in order to replace the front servo oil seal which seems from the exploded diagram, to be right at the front of the box where it meets the bellhousing.
It looks to me that it is similar to the rear oil seal and can just be prised out of the housing.
Am I right on that point and are there any other seals that I could replace with the gearbox out, that do not require dismantling the trans?
Whilst kicking my heels. I've been convinced that I should attempt to solve the auto box problems at home , rather than having a full rebuild. The main reason is the box always ran faultlessly before taken off the road and the problem is/are oil leaks from the box.
Main one is that the bell housing is always covered in the red trans fluid and when the car is off the road, it drips onto the two exhaust downpipes meaning that when the engine is next fired up, the oil burns off the exhaust for a good 5 mins, smoking out the garage. I have a complete new SS exhaust to fit but want to get the oil leaks fixed first.
So the plan is to remove the transmission and replace the front servo oil seal (which I assume seems the main culprit) but to also do the rear oil seal as well and take off the sump and clean the oil filter and put a new sump gasket on too, though that does not seem to be leaking.
Having looked at the workshop manual I cannot see any other obvious seal to replace, but also. its not clear whether you have to dismantle the transmission in order to replace the front servo oil seal which seems from the exploded diagram, to be right at the front of the box where it meets the bellhousing.
It looks to me that it is similar to the rear oil seal and can just be prised out of the housing.
Am I right on that point and are there any other seals that I could replace with the gearbox out, that do not require dismantling the trans?
