Well, I don't know if Texas has a law on that, but I took mine to a car wash and used some of that "Glad Press and Seal."  It seals GREAT!  I sealed around the air filter/carb and around the Distributor (I have a chrome box over mine) box.  Used the high pressure cleaner & the high pressure rinse, took off the Press & Seal, hopped in my car and took off.........no problem.  I hope you find your leak!

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Have you gotten any further on your tranny?  The red color drops on your garage floor sounds like a tranny leak.  Is the car hard to get in gear or is it acting up in any way??  I assume it's a 4 speed.

Kstyer, that was really bad......way too funny!! "Tasted like Cherry Coke?  Does that mean the trans operates sweet?

I found a wire leading to my coil that looks like part of it fried in the middle.  My car wouldn't start & I thought I had flooded the carb.  Lifted the hood to check it out and found that wire.  Got it started finally & noticed that section of the wire was smokin'.  I'm not too electrical.  What's the best thing to do?  I'm not trying to mess up this thread......

I like brake clean too, but doesn't it dissolve, deteriorate some plastics? have to be careful spaying it... near your paint job

When I cleaned under my car I scrapped the heavies, took it to the car wash and hit it with high pressure and removed the rest with rags and some diesel in a spray bottle.  I suppose you could use parts washing fluid in a spray bottle too.    If it's really baked on and you can remove the parts, you could use oven cleaner.  That does the trick too.  Did that when I rebuilt my 72 camaro many years ago.

--Eric