The front seal is fixed, no more leaking. Didn’t go with the rubber seal, put a new rope seal back in. The hold down rim on the old one came off. I think it was a case of definitive words – “When you put the keeper on behind the new rope seal, make sure you put it on tight.” The key words here are “on tight”. It’s not until you put the engine together, load it up, start it, and run it that you find out someone else’s “on tight” is tighter than your “on tight”.
The front fenders are on, lights work.
The radiator bottle is relocated to the upper left side as you look at the front of the car.
Oil filter is mounted on the upper part of the fender well.
Here’s a shot of the radiator, local shop made it for me, 4 core. Dual fans to the left, in front of the radiator, oil filter is visible just over the alternator.
.Whoops – The front main seal is seeping oil. Seems it may be the wrong rope seal in there. With more than 10 years of being shuffled around, I’m please this is one of very few lost/missing/unidentified parts. The suggestion was made to have the front cover of the bearing grooved and a rubber/spring loaded bearing put in. That’s the way we’re going to go.
NOT Mystery parts –
Thanks to Roger Parker. The part on the left is from the front wing of the windshield and the one on the left is the oil splash card from just under the rocker cover. THANKS Roger.
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