Oil Leak Investigating
Over the last week or so, I have ordered the rear shockers from The Z Store in the US. They had told me that they didn’t have stock at the moment, but expected it in in the next couple of days.
Whilst work has been stalled on the back-end of the car, Dad and I decided it was time to tackle the engine and gearbox. We started out by getting the starter motor, air conditioning compressor and alternator off. Next, we tackled getting the gear box off. With the gear box off, we discovered one source of oil leak. Looks like both seals on the gear box need to be replaced.
The good news is that the big end seal has already been replaced and looks to be in good condition. A lot better than the state of the front seal. We took off the harmonic balancer to find that the seal must be the original seal from the factory. It was very hard and brittle and had scored the shaft of the harmonic balancer! We cleaned the shaft up a bit, but it was scored enough that we did not want to simply put it back on. We would need to find a way to repair it.