Last night a bunch of us went out and we were on the high way doing about 80 and then i noticed smoke pouring out from my car. We pulled off and it turned out to be tranny fluid coming out from where the linkage goes into the tranny. It would only come out if i did over 65mph or so. Has anyone seen something like this? is there a seal in there that could be bad or?
Its a OBD1 GSR tranny also
Thanks

 

There is a seal there called the shift shaft seal. I have seen it fail, although not often. If that's where it's leaking from then that's the seal you'll need. It is replaceable on the car with very minimal amount of work. As to why it only happens at higher speeds, I couldn't say. Just make sure there isn't excessive play in your shifter input shaft.

 

where is this seal located.....i was lookin just now under there and it hard to tell where it was coming from but im still not sure where its coming from or what it is

 

You do have to remove your linkage. It is pushed in between the shift shaft and the casing. You may need a long flat tipped screwdriver to pry the old one out. If you're not sure about the fliud origin, then you can do this: go to your local parts store and pick up about 3 cans of brake cleaner, some paper towels or shop rags and a can of aerosol leak detector. The last item may be a little hard to find, but Napa usually has it. It's this stuff that you spray on to a CLEAN AND DRY (that's where the brake cleaner and rags come in) surface near or around your suspected leak. Once it dries, it looks like a film of opaque white. When it gets wet, it will turn clear again, so any non gooshing fluid leaks can be traced back to its origin. The downside (other than the fact that the surface needs to be CLEAN AND DRY) is that you will have to drive the vehicle to get it to repeat the leak, and then crawl back under it, but I've found it to work really well at isolating leaks under the car.

Hope that helps, good luck.