> Could the steady flow I saw dripping from the left side of
> the join between
> box and motor back plate while the motor was running be
> actually from the
> head.
Certainly a possibility, John. There is a bolt on the back of the head,
that plugs the end of an oil passage. If that bolt were loose, or someone
had accidentally used a split lockwasher instead of a solid copper washer,
it could leak that much.
There are also several plugs in the back of the engine block that could be
leaking. One is for the main oil gallery, another for the cam bore. ISTR
there is a third but I can't think what it is offhand.
Or it could even be the rocker cover gasket leaking from the rear corner.
Randall
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