Regarding rope seals, Tow Mater said it best: "if there ain't no oil under 'em, there ain't no oil in 'em." After 40 years of roadster ownership and several rope seal replacements, I accept this as a truism. Paul Bauman Westminster, CA Leaky 67 1600 On 06/30/2014 12:16 PM, L Jordan wrote: > Re rope seal > What happened? > > Linda