Paul,
The "Winner's Circle" in Ohio will replace your seal in the face plate of
your
trans on an exchange basis for about 30 bucks.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
"Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D." wrote:
> List,
>
> After a few recent drives in the '66 I noticed that I had a pretty severe oil
> leak. At first I thought I had a leak in the spin-on oil adaptor kit. After
>re-
> working that installation, the oil continued to leak. I put the car up on
> stands and crawled under with the motor running. I couldn't find the leak.
> Then I put her in gear and I found it...between the motor and the
> transmission. I removed the tranny oil fill plug and sure enough the oil
>level
> was down. Also, the DPO must have known about the problem as the
> threads to hold the plug are in terrible condition.
>
> Peter S. told me that I can order a front plate (?) for the transmission with
>a
> new seal installed (1275 cc with ribcase). Has anyone had any experience
> with these? I went to Mini Mania's web site but wasn't sure of the part to
> look for. Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
> Lexington, KY
> 606/744-4812 ext. 389
> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-55641
> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
> '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
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