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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>There are only so many (or few) places for oil to leak from the gearbox.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have my doubts that that is the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Can the underside be cleaned sufficiently to have a ‘clean’ look to it from the below?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If so, I suggest cleaning it, topping up the oil and take it for a very short drive – enough to engage the overdrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Park the car overnight on some clean newspaper or something else to see where it is leaking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Then put it up on a lift and see if you can then see where the oil is coming from. Oil spots on the paper are ‘bread crumbs’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Possibilities – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Make sure all bolts on oil pan and gearbox are tight. If oil is coming from one of the bolt areas – gasket could be torn?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>oil pan warped and seeping out that way?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rear oil seal?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If not the oil pan or loose bolts – no way to do anything but pull gearbox and maybe engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>C…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Carl Musson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1960 Triumph TR3A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>TS81802LO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tampa Bay Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Uprichard<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 30, 2015 6:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] TR3 gearbox oil leak<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What do you all think about a car (fortunately not mine) with a supposedly rebuilt overdrive gearbox but which is leaking a cup and a half of oil every 200 miles?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The owner insists it is the gearbox and not the engine, although the leak is hard to pinpoint.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I must confess my ignorance of gearboxes as I usually send them out to be rebuilt by a guy I really trust.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So my question is, is there any type of gearbox leak which is amenable to a fix other than pulling the gearbox out ?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew Uprichard<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>