Tracking down oil leak, Wet tranny Options

[swooshdave]

I crawled under the car to check some things out. The major concern was the oil piddles on the ground.

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The engine was mostly dry and the transmission was wet. But that could just mean it was coming back from the engine so after taking the picture I went to cleaning.

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The right bank of engine had some oil on it.

Are transmission leaks common? Maybe the pushrod tubes are leaking?

[swooshdave]

I'll hit them up but I do you need to pull the exhaust off to do either of the seals mentioned?

[PlantMan]

I'll hit them up but I do you need to pull the exhaust off to do either of the seals mentioned?

I just changed out my pushrod seals without removing the exhaust but did remove the heater boxes and misc steel under the car from the exchangers forward. Engine was in the car BTW. I can see by your other post that you do not have the heater boxes so you will save yourself some time.
Give yourself a day (8 hours) if you are going to change the pushrod seals, especially if it is your first time. You will want to get in there and clean-up in and around the seals good. It is not difficult to do but you will spend a lot of time cleaning while pulling tubes, changing seals, etc.
Do a search within this site for the process. I learned a lot about removing the rocker arms, retaining wire, piston positions, and making sure everything goes back together properly.
However, if you plan on dropping the engine at some point...you probably could live with a few drops of oil and little smoke!
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