Before I left on Detachment afew weeks ago I had a small stain of oil on the driver's side carpet rubber mat. I cleaned it up and last night when I got home after driving for 45 minutes it reappears. It is not coming from the master cylinder.

I found the location where the fluid is coming from but the question is WHY? And how do I fix it?

It is coming from the back of the Speedo from the cable, and it IS Trans fluid.

I've heard of that. The fluid creeps up the cable and comes out where the connections is at the back of the speedo. I beleive it's from lack of lubricant on the cable but my memory is failing...I know someone else will chime in and give you a hand. If not, I'll try and find out where I read what the fix is..

Click had the exact same problem last year and fixed it. I can't remember his remedy. Do a search for the thread or wait for him to see this.

here is the thread:

http://www.camaros.net/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/18/645.html?

Yep its tranny fluid and on bare legs in summer, its kinda warm too. The link shows the process and its a simple fix, no fluid loss either. A good tranny shop has all the parts or O rings you need. Good luck.
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Thanks for the link, I tried a search but must have not used the correct Verbage.
That'll be the problem and the fix. Now I just have to find a good shop around here.

Click, How much was the whole assembly?

The link didn't work for me, but the second-design Muncie speedo driven gear sleeve incorporated an internal lip seal as part of the sleeve assembly, just for that reason; the first-design sleeves didn't have any kind of internal seal at all - just the O-ring on the outside diameter. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I honestly dont recall the price since I was on the road to Seattle, 2500 mile one way trip and had to stop in Fargo for a GM dealer to repair it. Seems it was around $125 or close to that including labor and parts. Call around and ask for prices at tranny shops. Ask for the whole 'bullet' price and just O rings.

Just for those interested, I went to three local Trans shops and two of them did not have any and said dealer only, Third shop was completly "CLUELESS" even after I showed them the part on their bench, guy said they only come with the car and to go to a salvage yard. graemlins/clonk.gif graemlins/sad.gif

So I went to the Dealer down the street from my house.
The Part Number from Chevrolet is: 345215 Listed as a fitting but they call it the Speedo gear housing. Cost: $19.00 with the NEW style seal on the inner diameter and included the outer "O" ring. ;)

For future reference if anyone needs one, please feel free to contact me as I work for a transmission shop and "should" be able to get these for you. I order them quite frequently when they begin leaking on customer cars. It is cheaper and faster to just replace them as opposed to attempting to re-seal them. I have come across a few applications that I could not locate them for, but for the most part they are available and usually pretty cheap.

My local trans shop sells the TH350 Bullets for $10 new, my understanding is they are not made by GM anymore but made aftermarket. Replaced mine and it solved the leak from the cable.
BowTieOverdrives also sells them.