[Mg-t] TD Oil Seal

[Lawrie]

Incidentally, I recently purchased a Brown & Gammons rear crankshaft 
seal kit to see how it compared to the Moss kit. To my surprise, it is 
an exact copy of the Moss 433-418 kit (except that they supply a larger 
tube of black Permatex!). Even the directions are a copy of Moss's. 
Well, B & G did anodize their seal retainer red, so maybe "exact" is an 
overstatement ....

Whatever, the 433-418 kit had problems in that it wasn't adjustable to 
allow for crankshaft position variations, so the B & G kit shares that 
problem.

Lawrie



On 8/11/2012 8:50 PM, JohnD wrote:
>   "*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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