Yeah, the guys in the ECUflash forum are amazing!

 

Word to your *****, son! Now go DO WORK and get that leak fixed

 

 

^BIG BLACK Yo!!!!

 

 

I've got a bunch of stuff taken back off and am hoping to pull the tranny today. I'm less than motivated though... Must go skiing.........

 

The tranny is out and now I just need to remove the clutch and flywheel and replace the leaking plug. I'll load some pics later.

 

word, bout time son!

 

It can be hard to get motivated to work on the car...

 

Hell yea it can this year I put in a motor, clutch, tranny and now I need to throw a new turbo on it because mine ate **** on xmas eve

 

Do you have a picture of the leaking plug? I have my tranny out, and want to replace it just in case it will leak.

 

You should be OK. The only reason mine leaks is that it was removed by the machine shop that bored and faced the block and they stripped the allen head a little. When I put it back in I don't think I got it tight enough. There's a small chance it's the freeze plug on the end of the block, but i won't know for sure until I remove the clutch and flywheel.

I removed the tranny on New Years Eve, and it's just been sitting waiting for me to finish. Here are a few pics from pulling out the tranny. I'll snap some of the leaky area when I get there.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178

you need it

 

Yeah that would help. Luckily the transmisson doesn't weight that much. I end up laying under the car and man handling it with the jack for support.

 

Good times .

I finally took the clutch and flywheel out to look at my "leaky" plug... It wasn't leaking

Turns out it was the freeze plug on the end of the block, which is accessible without removing the tranny. This was the hardest plug to remove by far; back when I was working on the block a few months ago. The passage behind it is not very deep, so you can't spin the plug to remove it like the others. I ended up having to pry on it from the deck surface along with other prying moves, it was a bear. Some of that work may have slightly damaged the sealing surface - thus my current leak.

So I wasn't going to try and remove it again, especially with the head blocking the passage which allowed me to remove it originally. So I drove it in a little deeper, cleaned it with acetone, and put JB weld around the joint. Hopefully it works

Now I need to put the transmission back in and get it back on the road for more break in miles. That was a lame detour.