[FC] Oil Leak Update

[Jim Forgey]

Hey Bill,

Thanks for this email. I have developed a leak as
well, this gives me a tutorial on some solutions. 



Thanks,

Jim Forgey
64 Brier
61 Lakewood - now running with a new front end!

--- Bill Chellis <chelvis at camano.net> wrote:

> Good evening:
> 
> At the risk of jinxing myself, it appears I have
> resolved the massive oil leak my Rampside developed
> suddenly.
> I was never able to isolate the culprit, so I
> replaced the top cover gaskets, gen adapter gasket,
> rear housing gasket and seal, oil cooler gasket and
> o-rings, oil pump gasket and oil pressure sending
> unit.  Added a new set of serrated bolts for good
> measure.
> In addition, I spent at least 2 hours cleaning out
> pine cone or maple seed remnants lodged between the
> cooling fins that had been left behind by transient
> mice.  
> 
> Did find out during this exercise that what I was
> told was a 1961 80 HP 145 (YC) engine is actually a
> 1964 95 HP 164 (YC).
> 
> But the PG has started shifting weird, so the score
> is now Rampside 2, Bill 1.
> 
> Bill Chellis
> 
> 
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