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[chrisgixer]

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According to my garage, the leak is coming from what looks like a blanking plate (but isn't) towards the rear of the bell-housing; does that sound reasonable?
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Is it AT that's leaking or is it engine oil from a fubar'd rear crank shaft seal? 

What's AT Andy? Is it ATF without the F?

Correct!     

Or.... A typing uck up.

[Andy B]

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According to my garage, the leak is coming from what looks like a blanking plate (but isn't) towards the rear of the bell-housing; does that sound reasonable?
 .......

Is it AT that's leaking or is it engine oil from a fubar'd rear crank shaft seal? 

What's AT Andy? Is it ATF without the F?

Correct!     

Or.... A typing uck up.

Maybe ....... 

[chrisgixer]

For somebody as Hypocritical Pedantic as you....

[kcl]

Unless.............like some of them (one of mine actually ), it's on so tight that the flats get rounded, so it gets reduced to 12mm!

I think it is originally 1/2" which is close to 12,7 where a 13mm spanner will work and 12mm will work on a worn hex head. Not really sure but I remember always finding either 12 or 13mm being "not the correct" size. And, as the box is upgraded TH-200 autobox it will most probably have all bolts in imperial sizes.

[Webby the Bear]

BigRon, I totally understand why you don't want to spend mush time under the car. I would make two recommendations to you:

1.) Buy some very decent axel stands. It's so important to have confidence in them. I stupidly continued to use cheap axel stands for a long while and shit myself everytime I had to even put my arm under the car. I now have some very sturdy axel stands that I have complete faith in and have no qualms about going under for any period of time.

2.) Purchase specifically the Cuprinol Fence Sprayer (around £23 iirc) because that means you can pump the fluid in whilst having no part of your body under the car whilst topping up the fluid. Also the tubing fits absolutely perfectly in the hole left by the level plug. The only thing to be careful of (which I stupidly overlooked) was this: you'll pump fluid in and it of course will start to run out when it's full. However, pull the tube out and you've still lots of built up pressure in the sprayer so be prepared to very quickly plug the end of the tubing and undo the sprayer's pump handle to relieve the pressure. Otherwise you'll simply be covered in ATF as I was 

Hope this helps 

[Bigron]

Ok, thanks for your input Webby - time for an update:-
Today I tried to raise the car on my, admittedly, cheap trolley jack, the type with the separate release screw and it wouldn't lift the car off its front wheel so I could get an axle stand under. It just stopped, requiring more pumping force that I could manage! It said it was a 2 ton jack, so surely man enough?
I need to do this before a hospital appointment in the week, or pay the garage again.
I have a Hozelock garden sprayer of similar type to the one you mentioned, with a wand and trigger so if I ever get near to undoing the level I can squirt the ATF in a bit at a time and stop when it dribbles out.....

Ron.

P.S. Just in case any ladies get wxcited by my nickname on here, the "big" in BigRon refers to my belly!