gearbox prob + slipping pls help!!!

[nemz]

i recently took a trip down to my local tyeland to get my suspension fixed up when i hit a gutter, well i found out that my gearbox has a leak, the front seal is worn or something, ive left it for over a month and im hoping to have it fixed within 3 weeks or so, i hadnt been driving it much until now, but now i have found that my car starts to slip, after i had drove down to cronulla i was on the way back. cruising down the highway in 4th gear sped up a bit and after the revs went over about 4-5000 revs the car just started revving out really quikwith no speed pickup and could feel it slipping, now im not sure why its doing this, is it because the gearbox is getting dry or is it my clutch or something, also how can i get more oil in my box to keep her safe till i can afford the 500 to pull it out and have it fixed?? thanks for the help in advance guys

[skylite]

How much oil loss are we talkin. If it is on the ground after you park for an hour or so then it may be leaking enough oil onto the clutch plate to be making it slip. if the clutch is oil soaked then it would also be shuddering under takeoff. There is a 19mm oil inspection plug you can remove to check the oil level. it is in the same place as most rear wheel drive gearboxes. Most mechanics should show you. Oil should be close to overflowing out of hole. Hole is big enough to fit finger in to check existing level of oil. That way you can estimate oil consumption. (Only to be done when vehicle is cold of course.) Fill oil through this hole. Looks like the bill may go over five hunge $ if u need a new clutch 2.

[Chucky]

just a quick questions skylite. My clutch shudders like theres no tomorrow on takeoff. does this mean there maybe a leak in my gearbox? how easy is it to fix?