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Old 04-30-2005, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rg2098
Well the B2 has been leaking for a few days, (5 inch diameter puddle every night) so I went out to fix it. Well I put in a new seal for the cover, bolted it all back up and fired the car up. Idled for 5 minutes with a few small revs and not a drop leaked. Put it in reverse back out of driveway, stop, put it in drive and go (seal fails at this point but I didn't know yet). Drive around the neighborhood block and as I'm turning around a court, I see a nice thick trail leading right to the bottem of my driveway.

I basically emptyed all 2 gallons of ATF in a 4 inch wide stream all the way down the street and back. Not a drip drip drip, but a stream

Total count of seals:
5 seals over a month attempting to seal new vacuum modulator
1 seal on aux. pump housing
2+ on B2 cover
countless cuts and abrasions on hands doing all this for a transmission that still slips a tad when shifting (internally worn transmission)

I love my car, but I HATE THIS D@#% TRANSMISSION!!!!!!

That would be enough for me to do a manual conversion......................
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