I have to admit, changing the gasket did seem to stop the leak. It was
pretty easy to do too. The hardest part was scraping all the gunk off the
trans to get at it.

Scott

> Scott
>         Thanks for the advice.  Did changing the pan gasget fix the leak?
>
        >I had exactly the same problem with my 85 Westie -- but I was
visibly losing
        >fluid. I ended up changing the auto trans pan gasket. You drain the
fluid by
        >unconnecting the pipe the dipstick goes into. This makes quite a
mess so be
        >prepared. I just used normal auto trans fluid and have been happy.
        >
        >Good Luck.
        >
>