[NoVa-Corvairs] September Manassas show-Trans Leak

[marco vita-finzi]

Perfect information - I appreciate time you took to respond - Thanks Frank.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, corvairduval--- via Novacc-list <
novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:

> If it has been a while since you used the car, then just fill up the
> Powerglide and drive it. This is a known failure of the torque converter
> seal on most all automatics with age on them. If you drive them regularly,
> it doesn't leak, but if it sits, then red fluid all over the floor. C4, C6,
> 200R, Powerglide, etc.
>
> The Corvair shift cable jacket also breaks, not typically at the end, but
> somewhere between the transmission and the tunnel. The drip forms at the
> lowest point of the drooping cable. Replacement cables are expensive, but
> the correct fix. Many Corvairs are running around with self vulcanizing
> rubber tape holding the fluid back. Most successful, but some still
> weeping. "Rescue Tape" is one brand recommended on the forums, but other
> versions are sold in the electrical tape areas of hardware stores. Clean
> the cable sheath really good before applying tape. One person uses epoxy on
> the break before wrapping with tape, with good results.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Original email:
> -----------------
> From: Gmail via Novacc-list novacc-list at corvair.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:50:03 -0400
> To: bryan at skiblack.com, novacc-list at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] September Manassas show
>
>
> Will do - I'll slide under it tonight and have a look.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Marco
> Please excuse brevity and any typos.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 16, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Check the cable first, they often leak right near the connection to the
> transmission.
> >
> > --Bryan
> >
> >> On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:44 AM, marco vita-finzi via Novacc-list
> <novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I won't be able to attend the car show in Manassas - I noticed yesterday
> that I have a massive transmission fluid puddle under my car in my garage
> which I will have to address before I go anywhere. :-(
> >>
> >> Marco
>
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Thanks.

Marco Vita-Finzi
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