Stuart,
I've installed about a dozen in various customers' XPAG and XPEG engines.
With the exception of one engine, which persisted in weeping about as much
oil as one would expect from an un-sealed engine, all the installations were
a great success.
There are a lot of tricks to installing them correctly. I would not expect a
machine shop doing their first installation to be aware of all of them so
your installation may not be as successful as you hope, I'm afraid.
However, if done correctly, they are really good.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
www.britcars.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>
To: MG <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 4:22 AM
Subject: rear seal
>Has anyone had success with the Moss crank rear seal conversion kit?
>
>A local machine shop just rebuilt my MGTD XPAG engine (due to a broken
>crankshaft). During the rebuild, they installed a Moss crank Rear Seal
>Conversion Kit, #433-415.
>I thought this would be a good improvement.
>
>I just finished talking with a tech guru at a MG car club. When I told
>him I
>had installed the crank rear seal conversion kit, his breath went
>away. He said, OH NO!". He is telling me that everyone in their club
>that has installed this kit has had a failure within a few hundred
>miles. He said the seal is not a good fit, about 1/32 overlap, will wear
>quickly and then spew engine oil all over the dry clutch.
>
>Has anyone out there had any success with the rear crank seal conversion
>kit? I'm looking for a vote of confidence. I looked in archives, but
>didn't find much. Some said if the kit was installed correctly, if the
>directions were carefully followed, then the seal does work. Any
>opinions or experiences will be appreciated.
>
>Stu Keen
>Venice, Fl.
>
>simbafish@home.com
>
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