Hi all, new 914 owner here. Loving the car, but of course it has some oil leaks, for now. The previous owner disclosed that the pushrod tube seals were leaking (and they are!) and also the oil temperature sensor seal area.
I am also getting a few drips from the, what I think to be, the dust boot on the gear shift linkage. Total noob here, so bear with me.
Could this just be blowback from the other oil leaks, which arent too bad really, or could something really be leaking from here. The attached pic is not my car, but that is where the oil is dripping from.
Its just a dust boot, right? Its not really sealing anything is it?

Thanks!

Its the side shift transmission cover. Your seal where the shifter selector rod comes out is leaking. Seal is about $3 most places. It is a pretty simple replacement in most cases.

What a beautiful looking underside! I agree, that shift fork seal is very easy to replace. The pushrod tube seals are not so bad to replace either. I tend to use the Permatex liquid formagasket in conjunction with the new seals, and had great luck doing so.

I just noticed that I am leaking there too, will take care of that during hybernation time.

If those are subwoofers suspended, then they are probably causing low-frequency vibration leading to dis-coom-bobulation of all the seals.

When you play "Baby Got Back", does the oil light stay on?

Hello Eric,

Welcome the 'World. I live near Seneca Park. I'll send a PM with contact info, give me a call - I don't know anyone else here in Louisville with a 'teener.

Olin

Do the drips off of that cover stink like rotten eggs? If so, then they are gear oil. You'll find more of it inside the cover. There is a seal around the gear selector which can eventually start to leak. You remove the side shift console (two nuts hold it in, but drain the fluid first!) and drive out a pin to get the shaft out, then you can replace the seal(s?).

If the drips just smell like oil, chances are better that it's blow-back from the leaks further forward.

--DD

if you have to fix the selector seal, note there is a small drain hole in the cover. reassem with the hole on the bottom. if the drain hole is currently on top there could be a gusher when you pull the cover off.

k

Dave's right (too bad he wasn't Dave Johnson, ), many trans drips are just from where the oil flew back when it dripped off the engine. Pull the cover and see if the smelly oil is coming through the shifter selector shaft.

Either way, clean it all up and do some leak investigation before tearing into anything.

Oh and if you can get your underside to look as good as the model you used, you are getting somewhere... I am jealous of that car and the exhaust...

Thanks everyone, I will sniff the oil leaks when I get home, and will probably be asking more questions as I get my hands dirty with a car for the first time.

Here is a picture of my orange bomber.

Trim that tail pipe (its long to extend under the '75-'76 bumpers) your likely to bump a shin into it. Ask me how I know.

Sweet ride.

Nice car.

BTW, it may not be advisable to suspend the car by the engine bar in your pic.

On each side the engine bar is bolted to the car with 2 small bolts. Most likely they will not snap but it is better to put the jackstands on the donuts on the chassis in front of the engine mounting points.

There are a few guys up in Oldham County. Dion9146 has a 3.2 conversion, if he hasn't sold it. There is another guy with that goes by Prospect Farms, who isn't too far from you either.

Last time I talked to Dion, he indicated that there were a lot of guys in the area. My parents live off of Bardstown Rd, but I never drive my car down when visiting since it really isn't made for a family of 4

with everything mentioned above. And yes, it can blow back there from a temp sender leak. If it is the tranny seal then your cover has a hole in it or it's plum full and ready to dump on you when you remove it.

Hang on, it could be your backup light switch and/or seal too. The PO put the backup light switch in without the aluminum crush washer on my car, oil dripped down onto the top of the side shifter casting then into the cover making it seem like there was a leak from the shift rod seal when there really wasn't.

THanks everyone.
I took a long drive last night ( ) , came home and wiped off the black box. It did NOT smell like sulphur or eggs, then I went out again a couple of hours later and there were no additional drops of oil on it, so I'm thinking its just blowback. Will keep an eye on it. My pushrods and oil temp seal are leaking like a sieve....


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electric fans! just guess n

That's not where I'd want sub's mounted. Great place for an oil cooler.