[W126 Coupe] Transmission is creating a river

[dolans1 at verizon.net]

Punt...Third and long.

>From: David Fatovic <coloradocroat at yahoo.com>
>Date: 2006/07/29 Sat PM 05:44:46 CDT
>To: MBCOUPES <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: [W126 Coupe] Transmission is creating a river

>Does the torque converter have a seal inside of the
>bell housing?  On my dad's 85 500SEL he was
>complaining of losing too much transmission fluid.  I
>did some work on it today first cleaning all around. 
>I didn't see any obvious leaks, and everyting looked
>tight.  I put some more fluid in and ran the car for a
>while while it was still up on jack stands.  I did not
>see any leak, nothing was coming out.  So I decided to
>take it for a little test drive.  I drove it around
>the block and when I got back, the transmission fluid
>was pouring out of the slots at the bottom of the bell
>housing.  So it didn't leak until I put it in gear.  
>
>Any ideas of what could be leaking inside?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
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