4 hours ago, grannyknot said:

All I can say is it worked for me.

Thanks, I'll give it a shot!

Alright, the string is on, the shifter area is filled with grease, the boot is on, and now we wait.  Should I re-fill the transmission to the fill line or do you think that is just asking for trouble (it drives fine with the trans fluid level it currently has).

Edited April 18, 20196 yr by chaseincats

My personal preference would be, fill it to the bottom of the filler plug.

If the oil level is low and not splashing around as much, it won't be splashing around the gears either. I would be a little more concerned about everything getting enough lubrication.

Fingers crossd for your repair. Pulling the transmission to fix a leaky O-Ring is a right PITA.

Yes fill it,  your gears are far more important than a little leak.

A leak from any car is frowned upon now but back in day when these cars were new there was a foot wide black oil streak down the center of every lane in North America, virtually every car dripped something and that was normal.