for me for pure enjoyment nothing beats driving the cuda with a six-speed t-56
magnum unfortunately our t-56 magnum is leaking from the uh output shaft we have the
cuda on jack stands right now and as you can see on the rear valence there's uh oil spots
which is from the transmission fluid this is a brand relatively brand new t56 that
swapped in back in april of this year and develop some leaks um we're going to
replace the rear seal on it using these seals here that i got off the internet i'll add a
description link on the video below tremec had sent this specific uh seal to us
uh years before when we were uh had the original 256 agdemon in the cuda and
these are apparently replacement seals they're not exactly the same but very similar to it
to the one that tremiket sent us and we're going to install them and see how it works out
so here we have the drive shaft off the cuda
this is the original seal on the back of the t56 magnum we're going to pull it off
and show you the differences and maybe you see if it's damaged or something or causing
leaks
so here's the original t-56 magnum seal that i just pulled from the cuda and uh see closely it's
it's rather rather a beefy seal it's all rubber but um like i said it leaks so it's not working
for me this replacement seal that i got for it has a metal flange which i much prefer and uh
the original seal that i that tremec had sent me was this style and it had never caught me
during numerous track days so i'm gonna pop this in real quick and hopefully fix my leak issue so
the drive shaft's bolted back on we're gonna take her out for a test drive gotta mount up the camera
so i took the cuda for a test drive doesn't appear to have any leaks
which is a good thing beautiful out here today
so
so we're back at shop and cuda ran great the leak from the output shaft through the transmission
isn't there anymore so that's a good thing and so that's a you know hopefully fix the leak
the seal fix the leak so the reason we have three seals two now one's inside the
t-56 in the cuda the reason we have another two is because we have two brand new
t56 magnums here in the box this left one here is designated for the 73 challenger build
which is right here and uh this right one is just a spare um if i ever get lucky enough
to get another another barracuda project in the future uh i'll just shove this in there as well
but what we'll do is we'll unbox these transmissions replace the seals and
then show you a closer view of what the new seal looks like installed before and after
so here are the two brand new t-56 magnums out of the box we're going to go ahead and
replace this output shaft seal along with this one with these metal ones and show you guys
so here are the seals in comparison before i installed the new
the new metal tank seal the stock tremex seal and the teeth magnum is all rubber um
it has like a rubber makeup to it well the metal seal is i feel is just a better interference fit
so i think maybe that's why it seals better but yeah this is just what it looks like
so here are the new seals installed only thing to remember is to
add grease within this bearing seal race it doesn't come with any grease installed
with these new seals and that should make the drive shaft happy hopefully these will cure
any leaking woes i have so the only other place that a leak will develop is at the base plate of
the shifter if you happen to remove the shifter for whatever reason and don't and don't seal
it up properly it will leak from there but other than that it's just the output shaft
of the transmission usually where the leak leak happens or like i said the base of the shifter
if you know if you don't seal it there properly for whatever reason but um that's it for now guys
or wireless productions hopefully that helps you guys out
later
so
having a manual transmission really changes the character of the car you feel more in
control of it like i said before for me for pure driving pleasure nothing beats for the deepest
you