That seal is the same as the regular seal for the MGB. The best thing to do is
to put on a Redi-sleeve. For the MGB the number is 90350 It also fits chevies'.
I think the brand is National. I build all my engines with them (200 or more
so
for) and have never had a leaker.
Steve Darby
Sports Cars Int'l
Dereck C wrote:
> Was I suffering from sleep apnea when reading Burgess's Power Tune book or
> did he mention a better rear seal to put on a 5 main engine. I thought he
> made reference to a Rover part from a Sherpa (is that a van?). I had my
> wife looking through the last chapters of the book to locate the part number
> at home for the past 20 minutes, no luck. Does anyone have that book handy
> to look it up? Any thoughts on his Recommendation?
>
> Dereck
>
> PS The lack of sleep is from the "might-as-well" syndrome that people have
> been talking about. The mental list just grows and grows. When did the
> might-as-well's start? Try two and a half years ago when I was single. Now
> I am married with a one year old, one in the oven, and fixer upper house. My
> advice - Just keep it on the road or you will never get to drive it. Mine
> started with a ring job...
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
Dereck C wrote:
> To answer my own question here is the quote from Burgess's power tune book.
> Page 51:
>
> "The final variation is the crankshaft rear oil seal. An uprated version
> from Rover is available, part number LUF10002 (Sherpa van). This has a
> superior sealing lip design which goes a long way toward rectifying the
> weeping rear oil seal problem that affects so many Bs.
> Note if the crank has slight grovve in it, caused through contact with the
> rear seal lip, always fit the new one so that it runs in that groove as
> well."
>
> Anyone use this?
>
> Dereck
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
> To: "Dereck C" <derex39@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Burgess's rear seal
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:23:41 -0400
>
> At 05:08 PM 06/13/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>
> Actually, my 76 is leaking from the rear seal. I'll be interested in your
> thread.
>
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