[Healeys] rear seals

Chris Dimmock austin.healey at gmail.com
Tue Nov 16 04:29:56 MST 2010


With all respect Jim, if my Healey blew that oil out, I think I'm just  
looking for trouble putting it back.
Which reminds me of an old story..
Once there was this Tasmanian girl, and....
Carn you guys.
You've heard it before!!!!!
;-{)
Movember.

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On 16/11/2010, at 3:16 PM, <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:

> when i rebuilt the motor on the bj8 in the 90s, i spent about 400  
> dollars for a seal and the machine work. did not stop the oil drip  
> out the bottom of the trans. this was the old rope seal type so  
> maybe not too good.  after getting tired of oil dripping on my  
> garage i fabricated  drip pan that collected the oil, ran an  
> extension from the rear drip line from the intake manifold into the  
> drip pan. now when the oil drips out, it collects until i make a  
> runs somewhere and it is sucked back into manifold  one drop at a  
> time.  have had it on for years and it works great(no leaks on my  
> garage floor from the engine(trans is another story).  i have also  
> put this mod on a bunch of healeys in our club.


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