Serious leak

[Kurt Combs]

My C-6 (behind a 390) is seriously leaking. I came out from work tonight and it was literally dripping like a leaky faucet. I drove it home 32 miles without a problem, but I was worried about making it. The leak is on the passenger's side and I suspect the dipstick tube. Any other ideas on what would cause such a leak before I head off to the transmission shop?

[FORDification]

If it's the dipstick tube, don't pay someone to replace a single o-ring that you could do at home in 20 minutes. The dipstick tube is bolted in using one of the trans-to-engine bolts. Remove that bolt and then just pull the dipstick tube out, replace the o-ring on the end of it, and reinstall.

[fordman]

if its the dipstick tube there is an o ring that goes around it that can easily be replaced in your driveway or anyplace for that matter. remove the tube get another o ring and replace the whole deal. it shouldn't take very long. or maybe you have a line leaking a rubber hose and two hose clamps should fix that right up.

[coletrain777]

make sure that one of your tranny lines doesn't have a small hole in it either (my 71 just did that the other day and it drove me nuts trying to find it). I ended up using a tubing cutter to cut out the part with the hole and splicing the two ends together with rubber tubing ( I will replace the lines this winter).

[Kurt Combs]

Thanks for the posts, I will crawl under the truck this weekend and check it out.