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Re: Midget clutch

To: Dustin Kassman <dhk@hpcvxdhk.cv.hp.com>, british-cars@encore.com
Subject: Re: Midget clutch
From: garnett@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Roger Garnett)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 20:33:59 EST
On Jan 15, 12:41pm, Dustin Kassman wrote:
} 
} You may want to replace the engine's rear main seal and the
} transmission's front seal.  There is no easier time to get to them and
} they are not very expensive.  Could save you from turning around and
} having to pull the engine and transmission later on just to replace those
} seals.

Yea, except for the rear seal on an A-series engine consists of a metal
flange which mates against the crank- there's a spiral grove in the
end of the crank which is supposed to act like an auger to keep the
oil in . Right. You might cause more trouble by repositioning the flange
than leaving it alone. The other seal in the area is the rear pan seal,
which you might replace, *if* you want to replace all the pan seals due
to leakage. (you might also have to remove the rear engine plate to get
at the flange, I can't quite recall. You do have to tear off the front
and rear plates to get the main bearings off. :-( The flange (semi-circle)
may also be hard to get a replacement for.)
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