[gt350clone]

Finally finished my tranny updates last night and fired up it!!! No drips, no leaks, no runs!!! I addressed all 4 of the major C4 leak areas:

Tranny Pan - upgraded to a Trick Flow deep pan. It has thick cast aluminum flanges all around and 1" thick bolt bosses. It also has a drain plug!!!

Dipstick - that dang O-ring was cracked, and the dipstick was kinda chewed up on the end - nothing a new chrome set wouldn't solve /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Cooling lines - what a mess!!! I had 65-style lines, which use hoses at the radiator end of both lines. In addition, both lines had been "patched" twice each, and the rear fitting in the case (the 90* one) was cracked and leaking. I used 66-style lines which are solid from front to rear with NO rubber hoses.

Seals - replaced the shift-shaft seal and rear seal.

It was all a PITA, as I had to drop the tranny mount, front crossmember, idler arm, disconnect the e-brake, and the exhaust just to get the lines out/in, but well worth it. I had a hard time finding the rear fitting, but a local place called "A & Red's Automatic Transmission Parts" finally had it- for all of $2.00!!!

Now, on to the other upgrades.........../forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Art]

That pan is a great lookin' piece... Too bad it goes where it can't be seen. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

That selector seal leak has plagued me in the past, much easier to wipe up a little type "F".

You ever have a problem blowing out ATF at hi-RPM's?

 

[gt350clone]

I agree - it's too purty to hide!!! /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

The depth is just right too - the headers are about 1/2" lower than the pan...... and I can change fluid now without making a mess!!! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

 

[66_Pony]

Really off topic, but speaking of PITAs.... I was opening the work 'fridge this morning, and saw that someone had put in a few loaves of "Pain in the *ss bread"! I laughed myself silly.

...nice pan, though.

Steve

 

[Guest]

I'll have to look under your car to believe it doesn't leak. Maybe I'll do that if you come to the Topeka show June second. Don't look under mine, though!

 

[Guest]

I thouge mustangs were like Harleys they just mark there spot.

 

[Axnjxn]

I'm of the opinion that ignorance is bliss. I know if I go and fix one tranny leak, it will just leak somewhere else. First, it leaked at the radiator/lines connection, so I fixed it. Then the steel line rubbed a hole in itself by vibrating up against the steel engine/tranny plate. So, I fixed that, and then it started leaking from the pan. I fixed the leaking pan, and now it's leaking (it looks like) from where the lines go into the tranny case. I can't win!!!

Where did I put that T-5...

 

[Midlife]

Where are you gonna go now to take (leave) a leak?

 

[68_wildfire]

Well now knowing that its common for these tranny's to leak makes me feel better than mine haha. I just changed the fluid and with the new gasket and everything it still leaks. I got the expensive oil this time too (B&M I believe), so it sucks to watch that stuff leak out, but oh well!