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Hey everyone,
I recently rebuilt my transmission. My first attempt at such a job, and I used RedBeard's very helpful article. So now it shifts great, but it leaks. As I drive, tranny oil is getting all over my exhaust and leaving a smelly smoke trail behind. It looked like the oil was pooling mostly at the end cover, and on the right side, so I thought it was the speedo drive and replaced the O-ring. Still leaking. Now I'm wondering if I screwed up those paper gaskets. When I took the thing apart, there was 1 paper gasket between the end cover and intermediate plate, and 3 paper gaskets between the plate and housing. I thought all of them had the color of oil soaked brown paper. I had purchased a Pelican transmission gasket set, and it came with 1 cover/plate and 3 plate/housing gaskets, and they were all brown. So I thought perfect! I'll just use them all. At this point, I'm not sure what my next steps should be. Anybody want to throw some suggestions out? |
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ClayPerrine |
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Life's been good to me so far..... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 15,579 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
The gaskets between the intermediate plate and the main case are CRITICAL to the proper pinion depth. When you take a tranmission apart, use a micrometer to measure the thickness of the gaskets that are already there. Then use the combination of the gaskets in the gasket kit to get the same thickness. Failure to do this will result in improper ring and pinion wear and NOISE from the differental.
I use the sealant with the paper gaskets to insure that the transmission does not leak. I do not put it on O-rings, though! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Note.. this stuff is NOT silicone. I would not put that on a transmission unless I was in BFE with a major leak and no gasket to fix it. And it would only be temporary. The boxster sealant is anhydrous, and never really dries. So case movement won't tear it loose. |
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