Ok boys, hope I'm not playing dumb on this one. After our first big cold spell in Sunny-Gunny (-25 F) Louie (88 FJ62) started to leak tranny fluid. I didn't think much of it as I thought that the tranny oil pan gasket cracked. Well, that is not the case. After crawling underneath in the blowing snow I noticed fluid pumping out of a hole in the front of the tranny. I had never noticed this hole before. It resides in what I assume is some sort of access plate to the flywheel. I have honestly never noticed it before. Over the years I've spent plenty of time on my back down there as have the rest of you. There was no gasket on the back of the plate so again I'm assuming that there should be no fluid in this area. Tranny was rebuilt in '04 (before I'd heard of Rodney) and other than high load temps, have had no issues turning the big tires. Here is the best pic I could get and I took some video that shows it pumping out. I'm looking for any reason to install a H55 but I need this rig reliable as it has inherited the title of daily driver. I can deal with the quirks that seem to follow this rig, but need the power-train to perform.
