[Healeys] 6-cylinder Rear Crankshaft Oil Seal Conversion Kit

[Chris Dimmock]

I saw the most bizzare oil leak on a race Spridget a couple of weeks back. Oil was everywhere. Turns out the Oil was leaking from the main oil gallery end plugs. Front and rear. You know, those brass or aluminium plugs that you smack in to seal the ends of the main oil galllery. 
Peter tapped them on the Healey engine and fitted screw in bungs when my engine was built 20 years ago, which is what’s going to happen with this sprite!!
You can lose a lot of oil very quickly from these plugs!!!
Best
Chris 


> On 27 Mar 2021, at 8:44 am, Bob Begani via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> When we rebuilt my BJ8 Engine I bought the Oil Seal from Moss and my machinist friend installed it. I am confident he did a good job drilling and tapping holes etc.  I had hoped that I would not have rear crankshaft oil leaks.  In the past year I have driven the car a little over 1,000 miles 25 miles at I time and recently noticed those infamous oil spots on the driveway.  Today I visited my British Car friends at Tech Central in Bonita Springs a 100-mile round trip on I-75 nonstop at 65-75 mph.  Fortunately, I carried 2.5 quarts of oil because I had to use it to fill the crankcase when I got there and had to add 2.5 quarts when I got home.  In addition, I notice the clutch slipping in 4th gear in overdrive if I accelerated.  No doubt caused by oil on surface of the friction plate.
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> When I got home the weep hole in the transmission bell housing was producing one oil drop every three seconds and when running the engine at fast idle one drop of oil every second.
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> Has anyone had a failure using this seal conversion kit?
>  
> Bob Begani
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