transmission vent?

[Kneale Brownson]

At 03:47 PM 02/25/2003 -0800, Bernie Benz wrote:
>Dave,
>Why are you replacing tranny shaft seals, unless you are tearing it down
>totally anyway?  Just add a1/2 can of engine stop leak to the tranny and the
>other half to the rear end and drive it for 1K miles.  DFI if IAB!
>
>Bernie

The guy who replaced my tranny shaft seal when ALL the tranny fluid ran out
of the car while I was in Utah last month said the flexible seal part of
the seal had totally separated from the metal part of the seal.  He said
he'd never seen that kind of failure and had no explanation for it.