Thanks for the reply.talked to multistate today the exterior pump assembly o ring was leaking.No need to redrop the trans,only lower the drivers side a little bit to replace this. why this wasnt replaced during the rebuild i dont know.all i know is im sick of seeing red stains on my floor!!the total cost of this was 2200.i paid 800 with my warranty covering the rest.Im trying to keep a level head but sometimes you just want to SCREAM.