Oh Boy! A Tranny Leak!!!

[Kimbrough]

Man, oh man! fginally went wheels down to day on the new GW!!! Played around in the yard for a while then decided to see why the transmission was slippin'. NO FLUID! Bone dry! Cool. Put in about 4 quarts. Hmmm... What's that trickling sound? Transmission fluid pouring out a nice steady stream all over the driveway. WOW! I'm not sure but it LOOKS like its coming from a 1/2 inch gap where 2 pieces meet.
I already did a search for this and got some good info but could still use some help. Thanks!!!

O.k. just looked at in the daylight. Thers is a tiny hole (factory) on the back and bottom of the transmission close to where it meets the t-case. it was just pouring fluid from this hole. It didn't seem like all if the fluid came out. What am I in for?
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74 Wagoneer (still for sale)
360 v8
TH400 w/low range
dual exhaust
Marvin the Martian floor mats.

'88 Grand Wagoneer
4inch lift
31x10.5 mud tires
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[This message has been edited by Kimbrough (edited May 15, 2001).]

[Slippery]

Sounds like the rear tranny seal is leaking, pumping fluid into the xfer case adapter, which, of course, is not meant to retain fluid. Start droppin' that xfer http://www.ifsja.org/ubb/frown.gif

P.S. You seem remarkably (cynically?) upbeat about this...

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Jason K. http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/net4/icon16.gif

'88 Ford Festiva
40mpg work car
Cost $150, paid for itself already
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'90 Chevy Lumina
Biggest POS in the 115-year history of the automobile
4 cylinders, less than adequate for a car half its size
Crappy rear disc brakes, class-action lawsuit pending
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Some other junk not worth mentioning

[This message has been edited by Slippery (edited May 15, 2001).]

[CheapJeep]

Just some somewhat related info....
I did a tranny filter and pan seal replacement on my '86 (727) and teh haynes manual said to refill with 8.5 qts (17 if draining the torque converter) cruisiing the next day on the hiway, i smelled burning tranny fluid, came to a stop, and it was pouring out of the tranny!!!
to make a long story short, it turnes out the haynes manual is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I finally took it to AAmco, and they said it was WAY overfull, and that it should only take 4 qts to refill (1/2 of what i added)
it was then pushing the extra fluid at hiway speeds out the vent, which is located inside the bellhousing. So, add fluid slowly, and check the dipstick (no, not yourself) often!! I assumed incorrectly on my distick reading, so a one banana job turned into a three day, c-note headache!!!
Scott

[Kimbrough]

oh yeh> It GRINDSSS when I shift into Park.