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Donnie strickland Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2009 Posts: 2403 Location: Moody, AL
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:38 pm Post subject: Governor cover O-ring? |
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I've a very small leak from the governor cover on my automatic, and I pulled the cover today thinking the o-ring probably needed replacing. Pulled the cover, and...no o-ring at all.
Searching here has resulted in a 90 X 3mm o-ring being specified, but before I put one on, how exactly does it install? I can't find any images of how it's supposed to install and I don't have an old one to go by. _________________ 71 Elm Green FI A/T Squareback |
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paradox_pete Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2013 Posts: 32 Location: 4 Corners
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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There is a groove for the OD of the o-ring in the transmission. The ring seals on the OD of the cover. I think you might want to try poking around in there with a pick. I'm pretty sure you would have a large leak if there was no o-ring there at all. If you're trying to change the o-ring with the tranny in the car I would buy a few o-rings as I manager to cut one when trying the same.
-Pete. |
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Donnie strickland Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2009 Posts: 2403 Location: Moody, AL
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paradox_pete Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2013 Posts: 32 Location: 4 Corners
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:23 am Post subject: |
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When I replaced the governor cover o-ring on mine it was so brittle I decided I needed to pull the transmission and do a complete reseal. As it happens I think the transmission had been overhauled at some point and all the other seals replaced as they were not nearly as brittle. Also, the one seal that was not included in the overhaul kit was the governor cover o-ring. coincidence? Probably not. Regardless, I'm glad I tore it completely down, as now I know it should be good for 100,000 miles or more.
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Multi69s Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 5360 Location: Lefty, CA
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Donnie strickland Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2009 Posts: 2403 Location: Moody, AL
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Got the o-ring changed today. As paradox pete said, it was there but really hard to see. The old one was hard and shrunken, and was replaced with a new 90mm X 3mm ring. Good thing I had the right pick, luckily bought a few months ago at a flea market. It looks like the left end of the second one from the top:
_________________ 71 Elm Green FI A/T Squareback |
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