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    • July 11, 2015 at 9:30 pm #58324
      Greg & Donna Dudok
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        Fellows,

        New to Alpine world and restoring an SV. While working on car I filled the tranny up with oil.
        Istarted jacking up the front of the car and oil ran out of the tail of the tranny. I assume this
        is not good. Is there a seal there that goes bad? The driveshaft is not in. and no oil came out when
        car was on the ground. The car has been sitting in a garage for a long time before I got it.
        Thanks for any help.

        Greg D.

      • July 12, 2015 at 12:52 am #66155
        Eric and Bonnie and Bonnie Gibeaut
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          Hi Greg
          Welcome! What happened is perfectly normal-without the driveshaft in place, when the transmission is tilted at an angle, the oil will come out the tail shaft!
          At least you didn’t get a face full of oil-happened to me once…..
          Eric

        • July 12, 2015 at 1:45 pm #66156
          Anonymous

            Greg,

            Eric’s right about the oil pouring out, but there is a seal there that should be looked at as long as you have access. If that is bad you’ll have a leak later on.

            Joe

          • July 13, 2015 at 9:10 pm #66160
            Greg & Donna Dudok
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              Thanks guys. So I assume the driveshaft yoke slides inside the seal with kind of a
              pressure fit to keep it from leaking. Thankfully it was level when I pulled the shaft out.
              Normally I would have gotten the shower.

              Greg D.

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