TRANS OIL.

[zoe60]

I drained out some trans oil, a little at a time, and the rear hatch oil spattering stopped.

Where is the ''vent'' on the stick tranny?

That's what I did. Always looked like it was a shaft seal, I think because the fluid just dribbled down into the shaft seal area.

[harpon]

I put in some expensive Penzoil syncromesh, when I hadn't yet realized my real issue was the shifter slowly falling through the floor.

It really smoothed it out otherwise, but I guess I already had a leak- I'd never checked the level and there was only a half quart of oil in there instead of 2 1/2 or something- 96 Aspire

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Anyway, I then wemt the other way and got the heaviest gear oil I could find at Wally world- 95/145 SAE or something, just to see if it wouldn't leak then- ended up putting in a small dose of copper block seal too, and the leak was hardly there last time I checked.

Shifting is still good- I'm not after speed just normal driving and I'm kinda pokey. So it really has a range I think- I'd probably go with fairly heavy gear oil if everything else were normal 75 SAE or something, but I think it's good to change it every few years. check the level now every few months.