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[Frank DuVal]

I agree that the right/left of a vehicle should be from the driver's 
perspective, and front rear logically is also.

So, the rear main seal is in the front of a Corvair engine.... :-)

But the marks on the pistons point to the front of the car! This proves 
your point is understood by GM engineers.

 That is why I use the terms bellhousing crank seal and rear housing 
crank seal. "Front" seal is too ambiguous, especially when used by a newbie.

So do transverse engines have rear main seals?

BTW, when you were standing in front of him and writing, you were using 
your hand that was on his left side! My wife (left handed) said she 
learned how to knit by sitting across from a right hand person and 
mimicking what she saw.

Frank DuVal

LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:

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>In a message dated 5/9/2006 10:21:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>corvairduval at cox.net writes:
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>By  front, do you mean the front of the car (as in crankshaft seal at  
>flywheel) or front of the engine (crankshaft seal at harmonic  balancer)?
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>Oooooh... that's one of my biggest pet peeves... the FRONT of the engine is  
>the part with the bell housing on it... the REAR of the engine is where the HB 
> is... and the motor mount, and the oil filter.... 
>I get the same thing from those pesky Saab owners... just because the water  
>pump is at the firewall it does NOT make that the front of the engine....
>I wonder how E.L. Cord handled this, since his cars were front wheel drive,  
>but the engine was behind the differential...
>The same bunch of people almost always like to reverse the sides of  the car, 
>too... "It's the left rear molding"... "Show me" I'd say.... they  would take 
>me to the right side of the car and say "See, that one"... "Hey  buddy, 
>that's the RIGHT SIDE of the car..."... I had one say "Not when I'm  standing in 
>front of it"..... I had to explain to the guy that even though  I was writing 
>down something while he stood in front of me I was NOT using my  left hand to 
>write with... what a maroon!
>It's nothing against you, Frank... and you might have done that to make a  
>point, but PLEASE PEOPLE, the REAR of the engine is what you see when you stand  
>BEHIND the car/truck/van/station wagon and raise the deck lid... you know, 
>THE  TRUNK!
>:-)
>And you DON'T want to get me started on those hillbillies who use the word  
>IDEAL in place of IDEA... 
>Later,
>Lonzo.... LITERATE HILLBILLY  
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>Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
>CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
>Quart Low Quarterly Editor
>1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
>1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
>1964 700 sedan 95/pg
>1969 Monza  110/pg
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