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Small issue!!

Somebody in the past had painted my tranny black, and twice now I've used paint stripped to remove it. It's coming up prety good with about 95% of the black enamel now gone.

I've been brushing it down, then pressure washing it off, then hitting it with all sorts of aluminium cleaners.

Today I noticed a hole in the top of the trans that I've never seen before. About 5/16" hole with a mild oil residue around it.

Searching through my Pantera engine bay pictures I see a lot of breather tubes off this hole.

Seems like I've had a bung or something that I missed and now maybe it's popped out.

Anyway, these pictures tend to show numerous ways of dealing with this breather. Is there something specific?

Should the tube go higher, lower, which way should it route etc?

Also, given that I may have gotten some moisture in the trans, it's not a bad idea to flush and fill it anyway as I don't know when this was last done.

What type of oil for the transmission, and is there a procedure to drain and fill it?