<VV> ballast

[BBRT]

So I presume "near side" would be their driver's side and our passenger 
side? That ought to clear things up!  LOL!

Chuck S
BBRT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Houston" <tampatexan at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <ron67ran at hotmail.com>; <LonzoVair at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> ballast


> 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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