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Re: leaky trans plugs


On Saturday 18 August 2001 23:25, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2001, at 9:16, Everett Barnes wrote:
> > I sorta missed the beginning of this conversation but are you saying
> > the 17mm recessed hex socket drain plugs in your tranny leak?
>
> Not the tapered drain/fill plugs. These plugs are in the nose of the
> tranny where the backup light switch would go and have straight
> (parallel) threads. Some early cars came with tapped holes and
> plugs, while others just came with cases which were never drilled.
>
> I think that hole seals with a paper gasket.
>
These were a copper gasket.

There is also a vent hole on the top of the shift housing. If the front 
housing has been installed using something like silicon sealer, the vent 
passages/baffle could be plugged which would cause pressure to build in the 
transmission when it gets warm.


-- 
Russ Wolfe
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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