Could be incorrect fluid type at some time perhaps? Lots of the thin fluids walk right past the old style sealing methods, especially if they are the least bit overfilled. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > oldcars@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Frank, > > > > I had a good look and found that the front seal of the T96 seems to have > > failed, and that is the source of the grease all over the gearbox and a lot > > of the undercarriage. > > I just put one of these together... there isn't a seal in the front > shaft... there is a slinger disc internally, and the nose (throwout > bearing rides on it) has a gasket and a drainback hole. Not much to it! > Is the trans overfilled somehow? > > More likely I think would be the top cover gasket. Rotation flings oil > up, that would run down the trans nose and sides. > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list