Should have sent this in text file format earlier.
Are you sure it's your rear main seal?? I too have a 3 main B motor in my
MGA. I
have a leak. But the leak is transmission oil - and this is common. So
common
that there is a hole drilled in the bottom of the bellhousing to let the oil
get
out - should be a cotter pin in the hole to help direct oil out. Also, there
really is no rear main seal in a 3 main MGB motor (or MGA motor). It's a
tight
fitting backplate with a scroll that should push any oil back to the
pan......and
there's a groove cut in the backplate to direct any leakage from there out in
front
of the flywheel, on ont the flywheel/clutch.
Designed oil leaks - aren't they great!! It's not leaking, it's just marking
it's
territory. When it stops marking it's territory - then you know you have a
problem.
Phil Bates
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