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Well it has “1956 PACK” written on it so that’s one clue. Make a scribe mark between the aluminum and the steel on the outside then zip off the 24 nuts and lift the aluminum piece off. Inside you will see a turbine assembly that is the shape of a large bowl with fins everywhere. It simply lifts out. Then send a photo of what you see remaining in the stamping and another photo of the inside of the pump (the aluminum “cover” that you removed first).

I also need to know whether your car is a two-door or four-door.

As a reminder, I will be in Detroit on Friday, so send me an email with your contact information and I can swing by and pick that one up and get it serviced for you if you would like.

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It looks like a lot of the nuts have already been loosened. As that may indicate that it has been apart before, check to see if there is an existing scribe mark and if there is, either use the existing or make sure you note which is which. Do you know if this converter has been apart before and if so, why?

Whoa, how did this get so complicated? You have a transmission that works well but has a leak at the front. So you install a new seal at the front of the trans and examine all the bolted joints carefully for leaks. Then you put it all back together and get on with life. We are talking a $25 seal here and a little time to check a few things over--again predicated on the fact that the trans works well. Your new convertor looks rather gnarly and would scare me. AND that in itself will not solve the leak.