Leaking 5 spd

[e30 gangsta]

Tranny is leaking and everytime i do a oil change i have to top her off. Anyone know any of those tranny stop leak things that work in a manual tranny? If not i
think ill have 2 fork out the dough and rebuild the tranny.

[arsevader]

Tranny is leaking and everytime i do a oil change i have to top her off. Anyone know any of those tranny stop leak things that work in a manual tranny? If not i
think ill have 2 fork out the dough and rebuild the tranny.

Why would you have to 'rebuild' a leaking gearbox?

Just replace the leaking seals.

[e30 gangsta]

Why would you have to 'rebuild' a leaking gearbox?

Just replace the leaking seals.

Cause 3rd gear is starting to go. I figure might as well do it while im there. Anyone know how hard it is 2 change those seals? If you do your own work?

[RobertK]

Honestly.. it's probably cheaper to buy a used Getrag, replace all the seals in it, change the gear oil over to Redline and put it in your car. Faster too.

[e30 gangsta]

yeah ima go swing by the junkyard and pick up a m20 motor and trans. Where can i get the seal kit for the tranny? And do i run normal mtl or mt90. Im using the normal redline mtl for the moment.

[RobertK]

yeah ima go swing by the junkyard and pick up a m20 motor and trans. Where can i get the seal kit for the tranny? And do i run normal mtl or mt90. Im using the normal redline mtl for the moment.

Shoot an email off to patrick @ bmaparts.com and tell him what you have and what you need. He usually gets back to you within the same day with a price quote. If you're first time customer you will have to call in and give him your CC info otherwise I just tell him to charge it to a particular card on file and give him the last 4 digits.