Th350 Detent Cable Leak

Some have just a square cut type o ring sometmes they dont fit right.

Th350 detent cable leak.

Does it seem pssible that it could be losing that much fluid from this location when the car isn t even running. Joined mar 21 2000 4 213 posts 13 nov 5 2003. The plastic cable mounts needs to be removed. Detent boot seal th350 transmission for passing gear kickdown cable.

I am working on a 72 c10 with a 307 350 turbo combination. It seems to leak a bunch of transmission fluid after setting for a period of time. On both of my th350 s i have a rubber sleeve type seal on the cable. So it s perfectly ok to remove it.

Please check to be sure your kickdown cable uses a boot type seal not an oring. That makes it really easy to cap. The kickdown cable port on the th350 transmission is a common issue. Please check to be sure your kickdown cable uses a boot type seal not an oring.

I have a mildly built th350 that seems to leak from the detent cable fitting when it sits overnight. I wouldnt think that the tightly adjusted kickdown would caused it to leak. Ct2827 a new kickdown cable detent boot for the th350 turbo 350 and th350c. Search across the entire site search in this forum search in this.

I would say it is about 3 8 tall slides over the plastic part that sticks in the trans. Th350 has in fact a detent cable not a throttle valve cable. I am about to replace the cable with a lokar braided cable. Seems to me that the detent cable does.

It had no sign of front or rear seal leakage so i replaced the filter and pan gasket and then test drove it for several days. A new kickdown cable detent boot for the th350 and th350c. And it seems to almost completely drain the fluid so much that the car will barely move. I currently have a leak coming from the cable dripping on front.

This boot is typically on th350s 1978 up but may also be found on earlier models.