I was changing my tranny fluid today and I noticed that there was a small leak. I looked around and saw this nut thing with black rubber proctecting it and a bundle of wires following the nut. This thing is located on the right side of the tranny (if you take off your right tire, you'll see it). I dont know what it was but it was loose, so i tightened it. Can anyone tell me what this is?...here are the pics...the nut underneath the rubber is 19mm i believe..








Modified by nocturnal EG at 8:33 AM 9/22/2005

 

can anyone help me identify this part..pics up...why is it leaking some kind of oil?

 

kinda hard to tell, but if it is the bottom of the tranny, that is your reverse switch so your reverse lights come on.

 

do you know why it would be loose? or leaking?...i had to tighten it and i noticed that oil leaked from that bolt.

 

it is indeed the reverse light and its leaking because its loose and its loose because some dumbass took it out at some point and didnt tighten it back.

 

Yup, as they have said, that is the harness for the reverse light. It has a little switch on it on the inside of the tranny that gets depressed when the slider bar hits it. That "flips" the switch and your reverse lights work.

It's leaking because it's loose, and fluid is leaking from the hole.

 

When mine was loose, my reverse lights had a tendency of turning on during hard 3-4 shifts. According to my friends anyway.

Adi