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[Jim Houston]

Yes, transverse engines (at least Classic Minis) has a "rear" main 
seal.  It's located on the right side of the engine behind the flywheel. 

As far as Left and Right -- maybe we should use the British system:  
Nearside and Offside...  :-D     What do you think, Bill Elliott?

Jim Houston
Brandon, FL

Frank DuVal wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/9/2006 10:21:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>> corvairduval at cox.net writes:
>>
>> 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)?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 
>> 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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