so, it has been raining down in texas for about a week now, and my truck has waiting in the garage for it to stop. i come home last night and notice a rather large puddle transmission fluid glaring back at me. i got under there and looked around nothing seemed out of place. so after some thinking i have come up with this: is it possible for all the transmissiond fluid (when sitting for about 6 days) to drain out of the lines and tranny itself back into the pan? i belive the bracket that holds the dip stick tube had been bent alittle, and the tube did not sit like i thought it should, but i thought it would be fine. so i think the fluid filled up the pan and then dumped about 2-3 quarts of fluid out from around the dip stick tube.

dose that sound right to yall?

was there an o ring between the tranny and tube?

 

There is a seal on the dipstick tube and if the tube gets crooked it will not seal properly. i had an old turbo 350 that would leak a shitload of fluid from the exact problem.

 

is it going to take a new tube?

 

Check the rear seal where the slip yoke goes in as well. Mine is leaking from there currently.

 

If that tube is crooked it may have pinched or broke that seal. I had that trans in a 68 nova and had clearence issues with the firewall so I was always swapping out tubes to find one that would fit.

 

Mine is leaking after it sits for several days. Coming out the main electrical connector.