RE: Automatic Transmission Question

[David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Herb, glad your back!
 
This question interests me even though my ’64 Dodge is a four-speed car. Well…it will be…when (ever?) I get it back together.
 
So if it’s normal for the converter to bleed down, it then shows this on the dipstick as overfull like Dennis mentions. Is there not a seal at the converter to prevent or minimize this bleeding down? I thought trans dipsticks were marked “DO NOT overfill”. I know It stands to reason to not fill beyond total capacity and in this case it is redistributing the fluid back to the converter where it needs to be but isn’t this harmful repeatedly over time?   As you might have guessed, I’m not very knowledgeable with the workings of the automatic trans. 


Dave B
 
'64 Dodge 
440 B-body
2dr ht 383 cid 
4 bbl 4 spd duel exh
ZZW - Anniversary Gold w/ white side sweep




 
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> From: zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Automatic Transmission Question
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:58:40 -0600
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> If the drip is on the right side it's probably your dipstick tube O ring
> needs replacing. On the left side or drivers side it could be speedo gear
> housing O rings or shift cables O rings. It is very common/normal for the
> converter to bleed down from gravity over time.
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> Herb
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> From: Dennis C.
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> Date: 01/09/11 22:39:35
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> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: Automatic Transmission Question
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> I have a simple question about a 727 in my 64 Plymouth. The car is on
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> the edge between a parts car and a driver and currently it is not being
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> driven often.
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> When it sits for a few weeks I have to keep a pan under the
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> transmission, I'll get a good puddle of trans fluid.
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> I finally put it on jack stands and decided to try to find the leak. I
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> have the car level as it would be on the wheels. I checked the fluid
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> running in neutral and it was 1/2 pint low. I checked the oil level
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> after a couple of weeks without starting it and now it is 2 1/2" above
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> the full mark.
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> Is this normal and if not is the torque converter leaking down and
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> overfilling the transmission?
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> So far I have not had the time to get under the car and try to find
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> where it is leaking from.
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> Thanks
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> Dennis C.
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