Re: [Amc-list] Finally got the T96 out of the 62 Classic -

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's more likely a rear seal in the engine. If it drips a little LEAVE IT ALONE! Don't try to fix it unless it leaks a LOT. An oil pan gasket might help, but if you think the rear seal might be leaking a lot (is it "using" much oil? a quart every 1000 miles isn't excessive for an old engine between burning and leaks) it might be worth the effort. That engine uses a "rope" seal and it's hard to get a good seal. As far as I can tell there is no modern neoprene seal that will fit, though I believe a Buick V-6 is close. 

As Tom says, the trans may have been overfilled and leaked though. That would leak for a while, as the oil expands and leaks a little after it gets hot enough, doesn't leak until then. 

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:36:46 -0800
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.

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