I used winner's circle front cover plate. stopped my tranny leak. very
happy with their shipping. they get thing out IMMEDIATELY.
find them at www.spridget.com
bruce@woodward-realty.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Maclean" <macleans@earthlink.net>
To: "Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D." <pauld@ekpc.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Leaky Transmission
Paul,
Should have mentioned that Winner's Circle will machine for this seal as
a retro
fit also and beat MiniMania's price by 30 bucks.
Mike
Mike Maclean wrote:
> Paul,
> The "Winner's Circle" in Ohio will replace your seal in the face
plate of your
> trans on an exchange basis for about 30 bucks.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> "Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D." wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > After a few recent drives in the '66 I noticed that I had a pretty
severe oil
> > leak. At first I thought I had a leak in the spin-on oil adaptor kit.
After re-
> > working that installation, the oil continued to leak. I put the car up
on
> > stands and crawled under with the motor running. I couldn't find the
leak.
> > Then I put her in gear and I found it...between the motor and the
> > transmission. I removed the tranny oil fill plug and sure enough the
oil level
> > was down. Also, the DPO must have known about the problem as the
> > threads to hold the plug are in terrible condition.
> >
> > Peter S. told me that I can order a front plate (?) for the transmission
with a
> > new seal installed (1275 cc with ribcase). Has anyone had any
experience
> > with these? I went to Mini Mania's web site but wasn't sure of the part
to
> > look for. Can someone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
> > Lexington, KY
> > 606/744-4812 ext. 389
> > '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-55641
> > '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
> > '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
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