I'm trying to correct oil leaking from the sift linkage side of my 3 speed trans in my 40, which I could see steadily leaking from the shift lever cover plate where it attaches to the trans after every drive. The cover plate and shift assembly were removed to replace the gasket between it and the trans, and also replace the shift shaft seals in the process while it is on the bench.
After removing the trans shift lever cover plate and shift assembly, only my larger 5/8-inch diameter shaft has seals. The smaller diameter 5/16 shaft (the bell crank shaft) has no seals like the larger shaft, which seems strange. Any experience or suggestions on what might be done to address oil that might be leaking from the smaller shaft, although no obvious wear on shaft or cover plate bore? Is it correct that 40s 3 speed trans were only manufactured with seals on the large diameter shaft and not the smaller shaft? And why it would be designed that way? I'm wondering if this is a problem to be addressed and, if so, ow best to go about it. Thanks for any advice, Bob
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