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1. Well, after a full week of the van sitting at the dealership they had not done a Damn thing to it except allegedly check the fluid levels and inspect where they thought the leak could be coming from. I had told them to fix the Engine Oil Pan gasket leak, but they didn't even do that as I was pending on what to do on the Tranny leak.
2. Finally last night I called and spoke with a guy there that just so happens to have gone to high school with me and he said he'd give me my van back "no charge" cause he agreed that it was rediculous for it to be there that long with nothing done on it.
So, as I took it today of course its still leaking but its not bad enough not to drive it. I have not noticed any erratic shifting, but I still notice the smell of burning tranny oil. I checked the Tranny oil level again (and I do know how; while running etc..) and again I still believe the Tranny fluid is at least one quart OVERFILLED just as I believe the Engine oil is about 3/4 of a quart OVERFILLED (yes I know to check this while the vehicle is OFF). Both sticks are OVER the two perforated dots in the stick: The tranny one over by about the same distance between the two dots and the engine oil one looks to be 3/4 the distance of the two dots on its stick OVER the 2nd dot. This indicates to me that both levels are overfilled and the last people to fill both was this same Ford Dealership. Wouldn't overage on such an old engine/tranny cause extra pressure, thus increase if not certainly CAUSE leakage from pressure build-up through old gaskets ? Does it sound like I'm calculating the overage of fluids in both tranny/engine correctly?
3. Also, now that I have the van back I'm going to take it to my trusted mechanic shop and just forget the Ford is responsible and maybe try to pursue retribution in some form after my other mechanic fixes it and tells me that they screwed it up. NOW that I have it back and the ATF change was just a few weeks ago, should I disconnect the batter for 15 minutes to reset the "learning computer" stuff? or at this point would it matter?
I'm going to assume that the lame brains at the Ford Dealership DID NOT disconnect the battery when they did the change.
4. Is it possible that if I reset the computer and drain the oils to the proper levels that the leakage will cease? I figure the answer is "NO", but since I've only driven it 4 times since the ATF change was done I'm just striving for hope here that I won't finally have to get a new ATX.

Again, ModMech - I highly appreciate your feedback and the length at which you've gone to give me great informative answers, especially talking to the Ford guy.

I'll be waiting for your response again. My trusted technicians open there shop Monday and I'm kinda waiting to hear from you before I do anything else. LOL