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·It seemed like too many things were working against me this evening. Finally, I just gave up and lit up a cigar to ponder my options.
First, the good news: Fired my rebuilt motor up on the very first try and everything sounded great. She seemed to stumble a bit once warm and I suspect I need to work on the timing a bit more. Everything else with regards to oil pressure and temperature looked great.
Now, the bad news: Seems like I have a strange fluid seepage which is dripping down the front side of the flexplate. Small puddle under the car and I "think" it looks more like the 90w toploader fluid as opposed to motor oil but I can not be sure. I only idled the car and had it supported on ramps so I never tried the clutch and/or the transmission.
One other detail....I "felt" the underneath surface of the transmission and it was indeed warm. This surprised me since I did not think the transmission would generate any heat when the car was in neutral.
I did rebuild the tranny about six months ago so perhaps I have something wrong there in terms of front seals, etc. My only other thought is perhaps there is a leaking oil galley plug or something else on the rear surface of the engine. I am certainly not looking forward to pulling either the engine or transmission back out again.
Any suggestions, thoughts or comments here?
First, the good news: Fired my rebuilt motor up on the very first try and everything sounded great. She seemed to stumble a bit once warm and I suspect I need to work on the timing a bit more. Everything else with regards to oil pressure and temperature looked great.
Now, the bad news: Seems like I have a strange fluid seepage which is dripping down the front side of the flexplate. Small puddle under the car and I "think" it looks more like the 90w toploader fluid as opposed to motor oil but I can not be sure. I only idled the car and had it supported on ramps so I never tried the clutch and/or the transmission.
One other detail....I "felt" the underneath surface of the transmission and it was indeed warm. This surprised me since I did not think the transmission would generate any heat when the car was in neutral.
I did rebuild the tranny about six months ago so perhaps I have something wrong there in terms of front seals, etc. My only other thought is perhaps there is a leaking oil galley plug or something else on the rear surface of the engine. I am certainly not looking forward to pulling either the engine or transmission back out again.
Any suggestions, thoughts or comments here?