[TR] oil on the top?

[wbeech at flash.net]

Just a little off-subject, but what is the best way to clean all that
baked-on oil from the exhaust pipe?  It is a brand new pipe, no rust but
lots of oil stain.  Just pulled the engine this week to repair the rear main
and would like to have a clean non-smelly exhaust system when I re-assemble.
I'm thinking steel wool, is there anything better?

Thx,
Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Muller
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 7:51 PM
To: Triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] oil on the top?

My Spitfire's tranny has been leaking oil onto theechaust pipe.  So today I
pulled the Spitfire's tranny cover in preparation pulling the whole tranny
just to replace all its gaskets.  Then I thought I should first try to
tighten up any loose bolts and seal anything else possible before going
through the trouble of pulling the whole thing out.  After all, the only
bolts not accessible from the outside are those between the bell housing to
tranny case.

Then I noticed that there was standing oil on the very top, right up on the
little plate that is maybe 3"x4", the little plate held down by two long
bolts on the back edge and two shorter bolts on the front edge.  This plate
also has what looks like an air vent valve or something.  What's going on
here?  Surely it isn't meant to be external lubrication...


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Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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