There is a piece of genuine back in the day lore!
Thanks....I have the 5 spd conversion and will have my trusty parts guy look
for that Turbo Glide (not the much more common 3 spd turbo hyrdramatic, I
assume) seal.
Yep, I remember the 2 spd power glide! For the first year or two you could
get it in a Chevy Vega......talk about a car that was remarkably slow AND
got bad gas milage.....
Jim
>From: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
>To: Jim InVirginia <nqrithfordatsun@msn.com>, ljordan704@aim.com,
>karlepayne@hotmail.com, pjmill@sonic.net, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Differential oil opinions? -SYNTHETIC is my choice, unless it
>leaks out
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:17 -0500
>
>The front seal on the 5 sp (at least the early ones) was always a weak
>point and tended to leak, even before the days of synthetics. The fix the
>Sharp people used(I think it's undocumented and not in any of the
>performance books) and that they did for me was to use a seal from a Chevy
>Turbo Glide 3 speed automatic that fit perfectly. I might still have the
>part number. Of course the Turbo Glide itself was not that common, since it
>was an extra cost option over the more common 2 speed Power Glide.
>Another trick I learned from them was a short term emergency fix for a
>leaking seal. Pull back the rubber boot from the throwout bearing arm at
>the slave cylinder and blow in some talcum powder. The powder soaks up the
>oil and just sits on the bottom of the bell housing keeping the clutch dry
>until you get chance to pull the engine and fix the seal.
>
>Jerry Krakauer
>SRL311 00099
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