Dave, One important thing I forgot to mention. Even without the rings, just hand tightening it and checking once in a while that the pan remains tight. Once someone attempts to torque the pan down to 3-4NM without the rings, the lip of the pan becomes bent around the screw holes, at that point I imagine the pan would have to be replaced as it will no longer correctly hold the gasket in place for a good seal. jordan 11613 --- David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You should be fine without any "rings" in the gasket > as long as you > don't overtighten the pan bolts. Make sure none of > the threads are > stripped in the housing. Did you fix the gearshift > cable leak too? The > only way I know of is to do it like Rob Grady does, > that is to slip a > piece of heat-shrink tubing over it and melt it > down. It seems the > cable is porous and allows oil to leak through. As > it comes down it > looks like a pan gasket leak. You should also > replace the "O" ring on > the vacuum modulater. If the seals start to leak > again soon it could > mean your trans is nearing a melt-down because of an > overload of fine > metal particles eating up the seals. Pull the > dipstick and feel the > oil with your fingers. If it is dark and feels > gritty flush it a > couple of times. You could also try a trans shop. > Some have a machine > that will flush and filter the trans without taking > it apart. The > reason you saw transmissions RTV'd without a gasket > is that a P.O. > took the car to a shop for a trans service and the > shop didn't have a > pan gasket and destroyed the old one when they > dropped the pan. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jordan rubin > <nuttenschleuder@xxxx> wrote: > > All, > > > > I have finally found and repaired the last of > the > > leaks in my automatic transmission. This project > was > > starting to get frustrating as it was done more > than > > once without a solution to the leaking. I have > spoken > > to some of you for more than a year about this > topic. > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for > sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/