RE: [ihc] brake and transmission leaks

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> fortunately i hadn't been driving the thing for a while, otherwise it might
> have been a serious problem.  i was driving the Scout, though, and handn't
> even looked at the TravelAll for a week at least.  now i go out there and
> look it over at least once every couple days, see if i need to do anything.
> the batteries, both of them, have started going flat if it sits for more
> than two or three days without being started.  i think it's the isolator, so
> i'll get that replaced soon as i can.
I can't picture why the isolator would drain the batteries, but .....

> ## >> If your 727 leak is the shift seal, that repair is cheap, and not too
> ## >> hard. Does it leak mostly when you are parked? If so, it's the shift
> ## >> seal.
>
> you know, i can't tell if it leaks more when parked than it does when
> driving.  it doesn't seem to leak at all if the engine isn't running,
> though.  does that mean anything?  i'll look close at the shift shaft seal,
> as that seems the most common leak point with these things.  i get a lot of
> fluid runnin down the bottom of the bell cover from the front near the flex
> plate, though.

Doesn't sound like the shift shaft seal to me. It leaks pretty much 
only when the engine isn't running and the torque converter has 
drained back into the tranny.


> something else i've noticed, and i'm not sure what it means.  i can always
> tell when the transmission is getting low on fluid...  it starts operating
> correctly (or at least more closely to the way the one in the 1010 did).
> when properly filled with fluid, the shifts from second to third are mushy
> and soft, and the shift points for both are too low.  but as the fluid gets
> low, the shifts from second to third get more and more firm, and it shifts
> properly at the right rpms.  also, as it gets particularly low, the stall
> converter actually grabs more positively and i can almost spin the tires on
> asphalt (and it *REALLY* spins 'em in sand).  what's going on here?

You're out of my league with the internals. Maybe somebody else can help.

John

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