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Oil is leaking between the back of the oil pan and the clutch housing.
It can't be a rear main seal because the '28 National Coach appearently
didn't have one!Right?OK,then why can I not find a replacement, or have
I not looked in the right place?Oil pan gasket maybe?
Any help or suggestions welcomed.
Thanks,
Buddyp
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Could be the rear pan gasket or a rear main bearing that has two wide a gap. Any gap between crankshaft and main bearing over 0.002" is likely to leak. The wider the gap the more oil will leak. A teeny leak is normal.
How Sweet the roar of a Chevy four!
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You need to check clearence on main bearings. If the rear main is over .002 it will leak. also check the drain hole and ball cheak in the rear cap.
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Yes, sounds like excessive rear (or perhaps all) main bearing clearance issues to me too.
Regards
Al
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Grease Monkey
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OK,so are you suggesting I get out the plasti-gauge and plan on
removing a shim or two?
As you can guess,this stuff is new to me but i'm not too old to
learn something,from those willing to help.
Thanks,
BRBud
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Yes, but if you do it from under the car you need to support the weight of the crank.
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