[Mg-t] TD Oil Seal

[Wbeech]

Ron,
 
Will do, I have passed all this good input to my friend, the owner, and he
will decide what to do.  It does seem to be much worse when sitting at idle
than driving as I don't have a huge coating of oil on the undercarriage.
As the car has not been actively driven for five years we are going to give
it the rest of this summer to see how it goes an monitor it more closely,
then act appropriately.
 
Many thanks to all who have responded with excellent experience and
suggestion.
 
All the best,
Bill

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From: JohnD [mailto:johnsfolly at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 10:51 PM
To: Ron Olds
Cc: Wbeech; mg-t; mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] TD Oil Seal


 "It is my understanding
that the weep hole is designed for oil to drip.  What I don't know is how
much
is designed to drip." 


I believe the oil spot left on the pavement should be the size of a
shilling.
I have the Brown & Gammons seal and it works very well but took machining to
install.
John Deikis


On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Ron Olds <rolds at plausa.com> wrote:


Bill,

I have the same leak on my TD engine following rebuilding the engine. I used
the Moss rear seal.  The car is not on the road yet and I haven't done
anything about it yet but I probable will have to.  It is my understanding
that the weep hole is designed for oil to drip.  What I don't know is how
much
is designed to drip.  Please keep me informed as to how you address the
problem, the solution and results.

Thanks,

Ronald Olds


-----Original Message-----
From: mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Wbeech
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 5:06 PM
To: 'mg-t'; mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: [Mg-t] TD Oil Seal


Friend just brought over his '52 TD and showed me the oil leaking from the
weep hole in the bell housing.  Probably a drop every 10 seconds as it sat
there idling.

Couldn't think of anything good to say to him but it must be the rear main
seal.  It there anything else up there that could be leaking so badly?

I just looked in the Moss catalog at the seal replacement kit that they
sell.
Does anyone here have any experience with it?  Are there any other good
alternatives out there?

Lastly, May I presume that this cannot be done with the engine in situ?  I
have never pulled a TD engine, any particular tricks?  Must I pull the
engine/tranny together?

Thanks to all,
Bill
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