[V8] to the junk yard

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

The dealer here refused to work on V8's(or anything of that era)  
about 8-9 yrs ago.  Even the older techs are too young.  I asked if  
they'd do a tuneup on a 68 bug(not that I have one anymore), but they  
said no as nobody there was familiar with those....HA.  Good thing I  
know how to tuneup my lawnmower.  I'd either take it to a good indy  
that's excited about doing it, or a good tranny shop that's done Audi/ 
BMW/etc.    Good luck, that's bound to be costly, but if you love the  
car, it's still cheaper than buying something newer, and since it's  
already determined that there's no market, and all one can hope for  
is $1000(or less in my experience) to part out, then what do you do?   
I'd personally verify where the actual leak is before bringing it  
anywhere.....You said "a seal".......Since the cooler lines are under  
pressure, and you've already had to replace rusted out fuel lines,  
might just be the cooler lines(unless someone's already told you it's  
main seal which will require removal, otherwise, you might just be  
leaking out of a rusted out cooler line/axle/overfilled and coming  
out vent......Every V8 auto I've had/seen weeped a little out of main  
seal/one parts car hemmoraged out of main.  Verify where the leak is  
before spending what could be a lot of money.  One of the parts cars  
hemmoraged fluid out of one axle, and it threw oil everythere, making  
it hard to tell where it was coming from, but that's an easy fix.   
Lot's of stuff to leak that don't require tranny removal......Good  
luck, Tom