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Originally Posted by Sam Mac
Let toss one last thing into this conversation. You say that it leaks when you run it but only drips a bit after it sits. From my experience 2 things will do what you say it's doing and both are common at the age of these machines. First thing I would look at is the relief valves on top of the pump. Take off the tunnel cover and look to see if oil is coming out of the little hole in the center on the top. If it is it's very common for the oil to get blown all over by the cooling fan and it may look like it's coming from other places and it will drip for days. The other probable leak is the cork gasket between the pump and trans case. The oil drains back from the pump into the trans case through the bearing on the pump and the cork gasket is the seal between the two. When the cork gasket fails it will leak a fair amount while running and shortly after shut down but the oil will also drip for days. Pic of a leaker. If this is your leak it's an easy fix, you remove the valves, send them to Mach Tech and he rebuilds them, you screw them back in and be happy.
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Sorry Jonathan to break my no posting promise, but I have to answer this question...
Mine is pretty clean up in that area and around the cork gasket area. It does not look wet at all around the valves or around the cork gasket. The vast majority of the oil junk was on the black part of the transaxle and the inner exterior of the axle tubes. I'm just going to pull it and clean it out, and re-seal and re-gasket it and hope for the best. It's for sure definitely leaking from where the axle tubes bolt to the main part, but I can't really tell without running it if it's leaking elsewhere, and I'd have to put it all back together so it has gas and a seat to run it to test further. At this point I'm just going to go down the list you sent me and get it done. It won't cost much and it'll be good as new when I'm done with it. It's not going to be too difficult for me to do. I have replaced two engines and a transmission in my car, I just don't like to over complicate and take things apart and replace things if I don't have to. If it ain't obviously broke, I'd rather not risk breaking it or causing other problems. Like unnecessarily twisted off bolts or broken bolt holes (I've been down that road before on other projects).
Thanks again for the advice
