[DeTomaso] Fw: ZF Drip

[Will Demelo]

No sh*t? You really suppose to soak paper gaskets in water? For any 
application?
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF Drip


> Did you soak the paper gasket in water 24 hours before installing?
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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> Mike Thomas wrote:
>> bottom plate to check for safety wiring, and with a couple of new paper
>> gaskets from one of the vendors, replaced the plate.  Since then I have 
>> had
>> a slow seepage (one or two drops per month) from one of the plate bolts 
>> near
>> the long cross bolts until about a month ago.
>>
>> Now, especially after a drive when things are warmed up, I'll have a spot
>> about 2" across on the garage floor the next morning.  I've checked the
>> torque on the plate and long bolts, and they are fine.  I recall getting 
>> a
>> reply last year when I expressed initial concern about the seepage that 
>> once
>> the paper gaskets start to leak, there is no cure save replacing them, 
>> which
>> means pulling the ZF as the long bolts cannot be removed while the trans 
>> is
>> in the car.
>>
>> Any thoughts/comments here from the forum.  I'll check the fluid level 
>> more
>> often, but looks like I'll have to pull the ZF this fall and replace the
>> gaskets again.
>>
>> Mike Thomas
>> Panteras Northwest
>> 74 L 6328
>>
>>
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