Trani leaks

[Ned Glenn <elg2@axe.humboldt.edu>]

Hi guys I'm looking for some advise and a few two cents worth.

	When I took my car out for it's first real drive (+15 miles on
highway) after i bought last fall,  it developed a terrible noise from the
rear end.  I limped it home, bought the fabled 17mm alen key wrench, and
checked the trani fluid level,  almost 1 quart low?!?  [this was the
beginning
of my love of PO's] 
	fillled the trani, ran the car for 6 months, checked it again, a
little less than .5 quarts low.  Refilled...   now the sides of the trani
are Wet!,  oil leaking, small puddle after the car sits for a week.
{note: the company that installed the trani for the PO 1.5 years ago, is
notorious for cheating people, thier logo is a wooden nickel} 
	Is there a chance that i can just tighten the side cover plates on
the IRS trani or does it need a proffessional?    

2.  when do you have to rework the univeral joints on the axels?

ned
'69 squareback