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    If you pull your gearbox, also check the seal on the gearbox input
    shaft. It goes to the same place engine oil does.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/5/2022 6:28 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
            know there have been discussions on oil leak from the rear
            of the engine.  However, in reading through the archives I
            found this inquiry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">When I rebuilt my AH3000 engine, I
            fitted an after market rear seal.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">Unfortunately after I buttoned
            everything up and started the engine I <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">discovered a troublesome oil leak. 
            So out came the gearbox, the clutch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">flywheel and the engine back plate. 
            Upon careful examination of the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">rear seal, I can find absolutely no
            leak.  However, there is oil weeping <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">from the bearing cap that holds the
            cam in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">Is this normal?  Can the bearing  be
            replaced with the engine in the car? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
            New";color:black">Larry Swift<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There
            were no responses to the inquiry.  So can the cap that holds
            the cam in place be removed while the engine is in the car.
            Could the cap be sealed from the outside with todays
            technology of sealants? Also, according to the external
            engine diagrams in the moss catalog it does not show the
            back of the engine or the cap.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Looking
            for answers to my continued oil leak problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob
            Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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