Are you sure it's the tranny leaking and not the engine rear seal?
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D. <pauld@ekpc.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 5:51 AM
Subject: Leaky Transmission
>List,
>
>After a few recent drives in the '66 I noticed that I had a pretty severe
oil
>leak. At first I thought I had a leak in the spin-on oil adaptor kit.
After re-
>working that installation, the oil continued to leak. I put the car up on
>stands and crawled under with the motor running. I couldn't find the leak.
>Then I put her in gear and I found it...between the motor and the
>transmission. I removed the tranny oil fill plug and sure enough the oil
level
>was down. Also, the DPO must have known about the problem as the
>threads to hold the plug are in terrible condition.
>
>Peter S. told me that I can order a front plate (?) for the transmission
with a
>new seal installed (1275 cc with ribcase). Has anyone had any experience
>with these? I went to Mini Mania's web site but wasn't sure of the part to
>look for. Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>
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>Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
>Lexington, KY
>606/744-4812 ext. 389
>'66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-55641
>'66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
>'69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
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