Well, after several years of having a little puddle under my truck each morning my main has finally let go. In the space of an hour i had about a dinner plate sized puddle under the truck. To be honest i havent really determined that its not the rear of my oil pan but its cmoing from inside the bellhousing and dripping out the inspection cover so im pretty sure thats what it is. I wanted to run my plan of attack past you guys and see if it sounds good and if you had any tips for making this more bearable.
1. Replace the oil pan gasket and change the oil, clean everything down there off in the process and fire her up and check to see if its still leaking.
2. Flip out if oil is still pouring out.
3. Spend another brutal evening pulling that beast of a tranny out and replace the seal (ive got a very good mechanic who will be helping me out with all this so im not too concerned about it the actual work, i just know there has to be ways to make it go faster/easier).
Sound like a good plan to you guys? Suggestions? I just replaced the valve cover gasket so i know its not that leaking down the back of the motor like it used to.
Matt
1. Replace the oil pan gasket and change the oil, clean everything down there off in the process and fire her up and check to see if its still leaking.
2. Flip out if oil is still pouring out.
3. Spend another brutal evening pulling that beast of a tranny out and replace the seal (ive got a very good mechanic who will be helping me out with all this so im not too concerned about it the actual work, i just know there has to be ways to make it go faster/easier).
Sound like a good plan to you guys? Suggestions? I just replaced the valve cover gasket so i know its not that leaking down the back of the motor like it used to.
Matt