Re: Governor o-ring (was:Re: [T3] Passed test - good and bad news)

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed windows-1255>I put the governor in, and took the car for a spin. I was happily 
reacquainted with 2nd and 3rd gears. It may have been my imagination but it 
seemed to behave differently. It downshifted on its own on hills, which I 
don't remember it doing much. Is it supposed to do that? Could I have 
unwittingly fixed something?

For the first time since I have had the car, there is no sign of any 
external leak on the tranny. There were always red drops of ATF hanging off 
the pan bolts. I was unable to see any leakage while it was running.

I checked the ATF again and it was down. I am willing to believe for now 
that I didn't measure it properly before - I may not have waited long enough 
for it to go down after filling it up, this was after all the first time I 
have ever filled an empty tranny. It took another quart and now the level 
shows between the lines. I will keep an eye on this - I hope there isn't an 
internal leak.


In the mean time it looks like ANOTHER lug bolt is stripping. I didn't force 
it and it is torqued OK for now, but I will be driving cautiously until I 
get it fixed. This bolt also looks like the thread is flattening out - could 
two bolts have stripped?

Thanks to all, especially Russ and Jim, for the help in sorting my tranny.


Daniel

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