I wanted to thank you Philippe for explaining my transmission fluid fountain, and the great photo of the transmission showing the breather hole. When I bought the car, it had some notes from the previous, previous owners, and one of them stated that they had the transmission completely re-built, so it is very possible they put in new gasket blocking the breather hole. I printed copies to bring to my mechanic, since I live in a condominium, where they have a thing about working on your cars, at least mechanically. I just hope they don't see the tranny fluid in the parking spot. Fortunately my car is not in the same spot! I think I will try your hose idea as a temporary fix, until I can get the breather hole checked. Thanks again. Bill '59 Crown