Well it’s been a while for an update, just got back from Canadian tire motorsports Park, and the re-creation of the 914 pace car drive on the track. What a great group of 914’ers to our north. And A beautiful country.
Before leaving I moved my crank case breather from the carburetor, to a catch tank. I had to add additional hose to reach the tank. Well once I arrived at the track I noticed my ongoing rear main seal leak seemed worse. And that I was starting to collect some oil between the tins on the top of the motor. I thought maybe this was just seepage from the vent connection.
Last night I got a good look after washing it down, and running it for a short time. Found that the additional line I used had blockage and acted basically as a plug to the crank case ventilation, forcing pressure to the seals.
I’ll replace the rear main, and the oil cooler seals that I think was the front oil leak failure under extreme pressure. But going to run the engine with the shroud off and out of the car after cleanup to be sure.
In addition I had a very hard time with the shifter linkage on the way back. While pulling the engine I found the rear set pin loose, and at the trans under the linkage cover. The shaft was bound in place so it would not slide out. But shift linkage was rotating freely. Hard to believe I was ever able to reach 1st, or rev.
Need to be roadworthy for Okteenerfest, and a couple of short drives before that.
Rear main leak
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