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On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 23:21, Jim Adney wrote: > On 20 May 2005, at 9:49, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > I took a look under the car. It is obviously very wet under there but > > most noticeably so at the front of the engine .The front of the > > underside of the engine and the front of the heat exchangers seem to > > be covered in ATF. Also, the left-hand-side CV boot is wet with ATF. > > This I would guess is a separate leak from the governor cover. Also > > the pan gasket needs changing for sure. > > This sounds like the governor cover 0-ring, which would be very > good news. > > > The actual torque converter seems to be quite dry. Hopefully this > > means it's not cracked. > > If the TC seal were the culprit, I'd expect the TC to be soaked. The torque converts have a tendency to throw off the oil under centrifugal force. They usually are dry. I doubt if it is the converter tho. > > > So, our best bet is the torque converter oil seal, right? > > Doesn't sound that way to me. This sounds like an easy fix to me. > Did you already replace the gov cover O-ring? > > - > Jim Adney > Madison, WI USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org