[rantmode]
So my truck has had a minor leak at the 1-2 shift acumulator cover for a while. Second time this has happend. Changed the O-Ring last year and it sealed but slowly started to give a minor leak. Well last week it started leaking worse. So Today I decided to replace the O-ring. Heck I know it wasn't that hard of job I was ready to pay a tranny shop a few buck to do it. Drive to 5 tranny shops in the area. Three actually open. None of them had the o-ring in stock. Pretty well told me they come in the kit and without having the old one they would not be able to match it up with the loose junk. One guy (the guy that rebuilt the tranny in the Lady's 79) told me that some corrosion some times forms where the seal seats. Told me to clean it up with a scotch brite pad.
I hit the new Napa that open today right up the street figure not a chance in Hell they would have it. Well The building was new but the NAPA was relocated store. Guy had it at the bargin price of $1.05.
So I spend some time putting my drive shaft back together while the truck cools. Once it's cool enough to work on I pop the c-clip out and pull the cover off. Pull the old seal out and inspect it. No major problems with it. It's still soft and plyable. find a small knick in it that doesn't look bad enoug to cause a leak. Get a mirror to look for the corrosion the tranny guy warned me about. Sure enough about the bottom 1/4 of the area was corroded. Spend some time with the scotch brite get it looking a lot better. while it's discolored a little I cant feel any major divits. Call it good enough. Didn't want to take away too much material out of fead of ovaling the hole and causing more problems.
Grease up the new o-ring and install it. Take it for a test drive and the freaking thing is still leaking /forums/images/icons/frown.gif
I HATE LEAKS! I really hate leaks I can't get to stop. I thought about RTVing the thing but my worry is I won't be able to get the cover off again. It sits down in a hole and I would about have to drill a hole in it and slide hammer it out destroying the cover if I ever had to get in it again.
Well too mad to work on it now. Guess I'll give it another shot tomorrow.
[/rantmode]
So my truck has had a minor leak at the 1-2 shift acumulator cover for a while. Second time this has happend. Changed the O-Ring last year and it sealed but slowly started to give a minor leak. Well last week it started leaking worse. So Today I decided to replace the O-ring. Heck I know it wasn't that hard of job I was ready to pay a tranny shop a few buck to do it. Drive to 5 tranny shops in the area. Three actually open. None of them had the o-ring in stock. Pretty well told me they come in the kit and without having the old one they would not be able to match it up with the loose junk. One guy (the guy that rebuilt the tranny in the Lady's 79) told me that some corrosion some times forms where the seal seats. Told me to clean it up with a scotch brite pad.
I hit the new Napa that open today right up the street figure not a chance in Hell they would have it. Well The building was new but the NAPA was relocated store. Guy had it at the bargin price of $1.05.
So I spend some time putting my drive shaft back together while the truck cools. Once it's cool enough to work on I pop the c-clip out and pull the cover off. Pull the old seal out and inspect it. No major problems with it. It's still soft and plyable. find a small knick in it that doesn't look bad enoug to cause a leak. Get a mirror to look for the corrosion the tranny guy warned me about. Sure enough about the bottom 1/4 of the area was corroded. Spend some time with the scotch brite get it looking a lot better. while it's discolored a little I cant feel any major divits. Call it good enough. Didn't want to take away too much material out of fead of ovaling the hole and causing more problems.
Grease up the new o-ring and install it. Take it for a test drive and the freaking thing is still leaking /forums/images/icons/frown.gif
I HATE LEAKS! I really hate leaks I can't get to stop. I thought about RTVing the thing but my worry is I won't be able to get the cover off again. It sits down in a hole and I would about have to drill a hole in it and slide hammer it out destroying the cover if I ever had to get in it again.
Well too mad to work on it now. Guess I'll give it another shot tomorrow.
[/rantmode]
