FASTdan
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 07:06 AM |
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Oil leaking from bellhousing
Unfortunately our nice new duratec install is slightly flawed in that we appear to have transmission oil dripping out of the bellhousing. 
Its deffo transmission as it has that distinctive smell!
Would I be right in assuming that this is going to be the input shaft seal?
Big job im guessing
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flak monkey
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 07:20 AM |
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Could be either the input shaft or the selector shaft.
If you fitted a new seal on the input shaft then its likely the selector shaft.
Input shaft seal is a 5 min job....but you need the engine out first
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britishtrident
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 07:31 AM |
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Did you remember and fit a spigot bearing to the end of crankshaft ?
Other wise it is the tranny input oil seal easy enough to fix. Ford specified a lower oil lievel because of leaks from this seal the oil revised
level should be about 10 to 15mm below the level plug on a level surface.
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FASTdan
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 11:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Did you remember and fit a spigot bearing to the end of crankshaft ?
Other wise it is the tranny input oil seal easy enough to fix. Ford specified a lower oil lievel because of leaks from this seal the oil revised
level should be about 10 to 15mm below the level plug on a level surface.
Sweet! So that means its normal to leak if full to the filler level?
we fitted a bearing 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 12:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by FASTdan
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Did you remember and fit a spigot bearing to the end of crankshaft ?
Other wise it is the tranny input oil seal easy enough to fix. Ford specified a lower oil lievel because of leaks from this seal the oil revised
level should be about 10 to 15mm below the level plug on a level surface.
Sweet! So that means its normal to leak if full to the filler level?
we fitted a bearing
Normal for it to weep slightly over a high mileage if overfilled..
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Mr G
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 04:25 PM |
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What box are you using? If its type 9 you did use a gasket or sealer around where the layshaft Comes through the front of the box didn't you?
Cheers G
Edit - viewing on my phone so hard to see the whole thread that easy, as its duratec I pressume type 9 then
[Edited on 5/5/10 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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FASTdan
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 07:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
What box are you using? If its type 9 you did use a gasket or sealer around where the layshaft Comes through the front of the box didn't you?
Cheers G
Edit - viewing on my phone so hard to see the whole thread that easy, as its duratec I pressume type 9 then
[Edited on 5/5/10 by Mr G]
Yeah we did seal around the selector - presume thats what you mean by layshaft?
Going back to Britishtridents comment, what relevance is the spigot bearing to leaks out of interest?
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Mr G
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 09:51 PM |
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No the selector comes through at the top into a recess in the bellhousing, the end of the layshaft is visible bellow it in the front of the gearbox
casing. Standard gasket between bellhousing and gearbox encloses both areas which I've had trouble from before with leakage.
G
[Edited on 5/5/10 by Mr G]
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FASTdan
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
No the selector comes through at the top into a recess in the bellhousing, the end of the layshaft is visible bellow it in the front of the gearbox
casing. Standard gasket between bellhousing and gearbox encloses both areas which I've had trouble from before with leakage.
Oh sh*t lol. we never spotted that. I suspect that is our problem then.....
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Mr G
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| posted on 5/5/10 at 10:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Other wise it is the tranny input oil seal easy enough to fix. Ford specified a lower oil lievel because of leaks from this seal the oil revised
level should be about 10 to 15mm below the level plug on a level surface.
Just to add that there a 2 different filler plug locations depending on how old the box is - newer boxes have a lower filler plug location compared
to the older higher ones.
G
[Edited on 5/5/10 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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