i have a th 350 trans in a 80 camaro and i cant stop the leak. ive done everything. i think i narrowed it down to the spot where the detent cable goes into the trans. what i need help on is that i dont know if there is supposed to be a gasket or a o ring inbetween the trans and the cable itself. if so how do i take the cable out of the trans to put it on. the trans is still in the car. and can i put the cable back on without a problem. its very hard to get at but i hope i can manage without taking the trans out. thanks in advance for the help.

 

The shift linkage lever is held on with one nut.
But before you mess with that, I would check to see if the leak might possibly be coming from your speedo gear housing. That's a very popular source of trans leaks.

 

I was going to say the same thing cause that is a very common spot. My dads 69 camaro started leaking about a month ago and when we started looking it was the speedo seal.

 

well. what you do is. spray the tranny down with brake cleaner. than drive the car a little bit and see if that helps at all. and if you do find that its leaving from the kick down cable. heres what you have to do. (ITS A PAIN)

1.) remove pan.
2.) unbolt cable from side of trans.
3.) remove calbe ROD. its a little rod that goes from the cable to the thing inside the tranny.
4.) pull cable out and put an O ring around ot
5.) put rod back into the hole.
6.) make sure the cable has a good connection ( detach from the side of carb and pull a couple times)
7.) put pan back on.

it sounds easy but its a pain. i had the same problem on mine. but i changed the o ring, AND BAM. stoped the leak. and had fresh fluid and filter for the thing also.

 

good info bandit.i did it once but the tranny was layin the floor out of the car and you could see the cable hook back up

 

thanks for the info guys. i appreciate it.