Well, chasing my trans. leaks did NOT reveal the origin.............BUT, my hunch was right on the money. The FLUID is dripping from the bell housing due to the trans. being OVERFILLED.............NOW, my question is, ¿Is my CROOK that incompetent or did he do it on purpose to get my car back into the shop?? I tend to lean towards the latter.
I remember a trans. GURU told me once to put 5 quarts in my 700R4 trans when it was completely empty. He told me to check the fluid level and that the spot on the dip stick would be the FULL location and for me to mark that spot for future use.
The 700R4 calls for 6 quarts and the Torqueflite 727 calls for 5 quarts. Keeping these figures in mind, I drained the 727 via the drain plug and reinstalled 4 quarts in the transmission. The car runs much better now and the leak is gone...............
I ended up removing 2 quarts overall.
I still have to drive it some more and recheck the fluid level- YES, trans fluid HOT and the car idling in NEUTRAL ..............It may still be a little on the overfill side.
LG,
Mike