Norwood

[FETorino]

Yea I forgot to say. Bad shifter bad but Nice car great story.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Yea I forgot to say. Bad shifter bad but Nice car great story.

Thanks

[American Powertrain]

Mad Matt here with American Powertrain. Nice video on the leak! This a classic case of the vent tube is either kinked or your have a blockage. OR you have too much fluid in the transmission or your transmission is sitting down hill in the back. The shifter box area should not have much fluid in it all. but if it does then the air in the transmission that is whipped up by the gears is looking for a way out. Causing it to push the fluid up to the top. Or again your have too much fluid in the trans.

Thanks
Mad Matt
www.americanpowertrain.com
931-646-4836

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Mad Matt

Mad Matt here with American Powertrain. Nice video on the leak! This a classic case of the vent tube is either kinked or your have a blockage. OR you have too much fluid in the transmission or your transmission is sitting down hill in the back. The shifter box area should not have much fluid in it all. but if it does then the air in the transmission that is whipped up by the gears is looking for a way out. Causing it to push the fluid up to the top. Or again your have too much fluid in the trans.

Thanks
Mad Matt
www.americanpowertrain.com
931-646-4836

Thanks for chiming in Matt - Please review these posts in the tread and let me know what you think:
https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...6&postcount=33

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...3&postcount=64

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Hey -- Think of it this way..... You could have a big crack in your rear end....

OMG! I think I jinxed you.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=481

[Sieg]

Still no response to last weeks call and email from American Powertrain today, sent another email today before 11 a.m. requesting return authorization.

[Roberts68]

I know you had said you verified fluid level at least twice and right down to the ounce or decimal point as I recall.

How is fluid level checked/regulated or maintained on a T56? Does it have a fill level plug like on some gear boxes or rear differentials? The kind where level with the plug is "good" to ensure gear submergance which relies on the gears to carry lube up from there? Or are they filled near the top with minimal air gap?

Forgive my ignorance, and I have not read your whole thread yet either.

On a DIY problem solver level, as a last resort if everyone blames your T56 as being an odd ball for not venting right... I was wondering about an additional vent originating right in or on the shifter also. Granted that is not part of the design and won't bode so well for a return credit.

Machining it would be a breeze, but again not with a pending RMA#.

[American Powertrain]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Still no response to last weeks call and email from American Powertrain today, sent another email today before 11 a.m. requesting return authorization.

We tried calling you yesterday no answer. Bill is going to call you now. Sorry for any delay.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Roberts68

How is fluid level checked/regulated or maintained on a T56? Does it have a fill level plug like on some gear boxes or rear differentials?

Fill plug serves as the guage, provided drivetrain angles are reasonable.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Mad Matt

We tried calling you yesterday no answer. Bill is going to call you now. Sorry for any delay.

I had an unidentified call come in at 12:08 PST with no message left. I was in meetings all afternooon, then straight to daughters softball game 25 miles out of town at 6, home at 9. Email can be more effective.

I did speak with Bill this morning at 6:40 and he is sending an RA and possibly a Tremec take-off shiftert which is above and beyond the call of duty.