Well, I've missed out on half a season of car shows thanks to this.
We had thought it was leaking from the pan gasket, but have not been able to confirm that.
The gasket leaking just makes no sense to me anyway. It never leaked before. I go on vacation, it sits for two weeks, and I come back to find all the trans fluid on the garage floor. The car sat for years before I picked it up... so why all of the sudden in two weeks would that go bad?
We cleaned up the tranny fluid under the car, and the gasket appears to be in good health. It appears pliable, and not cracked or worn. Looks new, in other words.
I have not yet tried refilling the car with fluid and seeing where it is in fact coming from, as I have been broke and not able to afford to mess with the car lately.
I just have a feeling that something bigger is going on than we all think with this leak.
It may come down to having to sell Handsome if this turns out to be something more major.
Who here would want a mint '79 LTD? (since if it does come down to selling it, there's no way in hell I will get what I want for it on craigslist... and whoever buys it off there will certainly not take care of it the way I have.)
I've kind of been in the market for something a little older anyway. I like the older front end better.
We had thought it was leaking from the pan gasket, but have not been able to confirm that.
The gasket leaking just makes no sense to me anyway. It never leaked before. I go on vacation, it sits for two weeks, and I come back to find all the trans fluid on the garage floor. The car sat for years before I picked it up... so why all of the sudden in two weeks would that go bad?
We cleaned up the tranny fluid under the car, and the gasket appears to be in good health. It appears pliable, and not cracked or worn. Looks new, in other words.
I have not yet tried refilling the car with fluid and seeing where it is in fact coming from, as I have been broke and not able to afford to mess with the car lately.
I just have a feeling that something bigger is going on than we all think with this leak.
It may come down to having to sell Handsome if this turns out to be something more major.
Who here would want a mint '79 LTD? (since if it does come down to selling it, there's no way in hell I will get what I want for it on craigslist... and whoever buys it off there will certainly not take care of it the way I have.)
I've kind of been in the market for something a little older anyway. I like the older front end better.
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