Good Evening all,
I have a 2001 F150 XLT with the 7700 towing package. It was my work vehicle until I bought it at 100K miles. Over the last year and a half I have ut on 15K miles. When I was working, the trans went out after hauling a generator. It was replaced with a refurbed and has a 3yr/30K warranty. That warranty runs out at 118K miles.

I recently installed a fifth wheel hitch and towed the camper about 100 miles.
It had no problem towing, and it was out of OD the whole time.

We got it to the campground, and started manuevering it into place, while in reverse, in a sanding campground, someone noticed fluid leaking.
After investigating, it was trans fluid, and appeared to be coming from the sheet metal like material or front seal?. We let it cool, started it the next morning, filled the fluid about 1/2 quart and the truck ran fine for the rest of the weekend. We get the truck home, back into the garage and notice its leaking again. After looking a little closer, it appears to be coming from a black rubber seal on the bottom of the trans unit. What is this seal?
This is the first time this has ever leaked. The trans is still in warranty, would a front seal/rubber plug be covered under the warranty?
The camper is 4300 pounds, with tongue wieght of 400 lbs, and well within the vehicle limits. It has an external trans cooler installed.
Could this also be from the truck being "still" and not getting adequete cooling? Outdoor temp was 50 degrees.

Any assistance would really help. I will be calling Ford as soon as I can, and hopefully this is covered. COuld it be the torque converter?

NH

 

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the seal is actually a dust/inspection seal.it allows access to the torque converter drain plug.i would take it to the dealership and tell them the the trans started leaking ,you noticed a leak on your garage floor.it should be under warranty. if you mention that you were towing they might try and give you the run around. i work at a dealership and take care of the customer regardless,but some dealerships are kinda funny about doing repairs to a reman unit.i figure the front seal is leaking and could possibly have a scorn converter hub or worn pump bushing.good luck