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found my tranny leak

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  • Start date Start date Aug 2, 2004

old_blue

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Been pissing off for a while and thought it was the tranny front seal, I jacked it up and looked underneath to see what looked like fluid coming out of the drain plug on the tranny. I tried to tighten it with my fingers and to my amazement it was wicked loose!! I grabbed my 3/8" rachet and tightened it up and filled it back up with fluid (about 1/2 a quart low from the leak). I was wondering has anyone else run across this problem. I was thinking about draining it and putting some blue thread locker on it.
 

HISSIN50

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id would be real careful about using any thread lock on the drain. they like to gall in all by themselves. snug it and check it at the next oil change - if loose, think about other measures.
if you cant get the plug out, that really sucks.
good luck.
 

BlackGT89

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The drain plugs should be regular tapered "pipe fitting" type threads that seal as they tighten. If anything I would only use something like teflon tape. I've never seen one leak when it's tight though.
 
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