What's causing this mess?, 1973 2.0 with 90,000 miles. Options

[DdHavtech]

I think I know the answer - but seems a bit excessive.

The shifter cover was just removed and cleaned. Doesn't seem like the shift seal is the problem.

Thanks

[technicalninja]

Coin operated car wash?wtf is that

Decades ago you could drive up to a car wash and wash your car for a quarter!

Now it takes a whole roll...

You rip you couch apart, dig under the seats and center console in your car and maybe find enough quarters for 5 minutes of high-pressure action.

Where I'm at, if the owner of the self-serve car wash saw you cleaning the undercarriage or individual greasy parts, they will have a SHIT FIT.

You will have a problem on your hands...

I've taken a jack and jack stands before to allow serious undercarriage cleaning, but I ONLY do this deep night now.

In the big cities you will often find low class drug dealers frequenting a coin operated car wash. I can't count the number of times I've been offered drugs at one of these past midnight.

I've always been armed when doing this stuff for just this reason.

When I build my big shop on my property I'm planning an old used side post lift outside, under a tall carport, to do this type of work...

[JeffBowlsby]

Coin operated car wash?wtf is that

Where I'm at, if the owner of the self-serve car wash saw you cleaning the undercarriage or individual greasy parts, they will have a SHIT FIT.

You will have a problem on your hands...

Coin ops car washes, in fact traditional drive through car washes, car/truck repair garages and even commercial parking garages are required to have sand/oil separator tanks in their drainage system so this should not be a technical problem. These function similar to septic tanks to contain the contaminant and prevent it from entering the public drainage system.

Individual coin op car wash owners may get excited if you leave chunks of grease on the slab, but they are protected with their sand/oil separator tanks. Just wash the debris into the drain.