thanks for info scottydogs . I am definitely gonna change the pan gasket .and will see what the rear cover looks like when I remove tranny . but I don't understand what you mean when you say the rear cover needs to be upside down on the floor. I wont have the motor out of car . I am only pulling the tranny to replace the channel plate that has a crack where the axle seal fits . and hoping I will be able to take care of that since I never took apart a tranny before . but I would love to stop the oil leak while I have it out . the car only has 120k on it and it runs great . I think when my son crashed on that side and he bent the strut and control arm it must of put a hairline crack in the channel plate where the seal sits in but it never leaked for a few years until recently and I thought it was just the axle seal . but when I pulled the old one out I saw the cracked channel plate right where the seal sits in .. anyway so hopefully I can fix the oil leak also . i don't need the car right away so i can take my time which is always a plus .
