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700R4 and brand new never run.
I read on a website it would need 6 qts. to fill. I filled her and later noticed a big puddle underneath. It is dripping fluid out the tailshaft. I hope I just put too much fluid in it.
How many qts. does it take?????
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If it's leaking out the tailshaft, you either have a leaky seal . . . or, you don't have a driveshaft yoke installed. :)
A completely dry 700r4 normally takes about 11 quarts, depending on whether or not you have a cooler.
I pulled this from the 4th Gear Inc. website.
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The total fluid capacity is approximately 11.5 quarts depending on cooler sizes. The filler tube and dipstick provided will give you an accurate fluid level reading. Put no less than 4 quarts of fluid in the transmission BEFORE starting the engine. Upon start-up immediately add the rest of the fluid (with one already in the converter add 6 more quarts). A FINAL fluid check should take place only after the transmission has been cycled through all four speeds several times and is at operating temperature.
Henry, it is a brand new tranny never even cranked up the crate engine. I bought it 15 months ago and I wouldn't think the rear seal would be dried up.
Mine did the same thing. After I installed it, in the chassis, it sat for a couple of years before I completed and drove my 34. The seal lasted for about 20 miles. Sometimes seals are just bad.
I had an old Plymouth loose a seal years ago. I had to tow it to an autotranny shop to have it replaced. Is it that big a job to replace or can I do it here in my garage?
No big deal- Pop it out and tap in a new 1- Top off tranny.
Done deal
My 700r4 leaked, It was leaking out of the yoke. there is a steel plug that
looks like a frost plug I replaced the yoke and my leak went away!
Mine only leaked after sitting for acouple days,No leak if I drove it everyday.
Randy,
You reminded me of something.
If you use a yoke that wasn't originally for a 700R4, the weep hole in the yoke needs to be welded shut or plugged.
My driveline shop forgot to do that, and I had have them weld it up before I left the shop.
Ah yes---Forgot about that 1 myself.
Been there done that 1 B4
I was not aware that there were weep holes in the yokes, I'll have to look at some of my old driveshafts tomorrow.
Seals are funny, sometimes if a car sits for a while they will begin to seep oil, but after you put a few miles on the car they will seal up. My Jeep was that way, a puddle would form under it if it sat for a couple of months, but as soon as I used it for a day it would stop leaking.
Someone suggested one time that their car wasn't leaking oil............it was "marking it's territory." :D :D :D
Don
700R4 yokes don't have weep holes. However, some TH350 yokes are interchangeable with 700R4 output shafts, and they do have a weep hole. Most driveshaft shops keep one universal yoke for both transmissions.