The only time I've seen that much oil in the solenoid cover was after a
gearbox had been stored on its tail end with oil in it. My guess is that
there is no seal in there at all.
As I recall removing the housing involves decompressing the accumulator
spring and then re compressing it during reassembly. Be sure to undo the
long bolts progressively to unload the spring during removal of the housing.
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM, <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
> I recently removed the cover on the side of the overdrive to adjust the
> solenoid lever & found about 1/4" of oil inside the housing. I presume it
> is
> leaking past the o-ring on the shaft. The overdrive was rebuilt about three
> years ago & this is the first time I have looked inside the cover. Do you
> think this is a normal amount of leakage or while I have the tunnel off
> should
> I remove the solenoid housing & replace the o-ring? It appears that the
> solenoid housing can be removed with the OD in place.
> Gary Hodson
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