I appreciate that. The rear seal let go in my fresh rebuild I had done
locally. Lost a lot of oil but nothing hurt. Can happen to the best.
PITA to fix, as the tranny had to be pulled and clutch disc replaced,
and it was new with the new engine.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver.

George Goff wrote:
> In a message dated 2/11/03 12:52:19 PM, j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET writes:
>
> << The GEX tag says it all. Pull the engine and get one from Bob Donalds. >>
>
> This exercise might not be foolproof either.  In the only Boston Engine
> rebuild which I have seen firsthand, the rear main seal went bye-bye almost
> immediately.  Although I guess this can be assigned to the "Shit Happens"
> file, it is indeed a rear occurrence for a modern seal, properly installed,
> to queef (or should that be kweaf?) out with first use and it is not the
> easiest shortfall to correct.
>
> George
>