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fins2nv · 11-10-2014, 02:33 PM

I spent the morning under my '30 coupe cleaning the underside of the engine and scraping years of muck off the transmission. I'm trying to find an oil leak. My greatest suspicion is the timing gear cover. There is a little pool of oil on the front cross member and it looks wet around a couple of the cover bolts. I think the oil is leaking down from there and then spreading across the bottom of the engine. I recently got Les Andrews' number one book and it appears that both cover gaskets can be changed without taking off the crankshaft pulley. Is this true? If so, it looks like a relatively simple replacement. I hope it isn't a seal around the crankshaft.

11-10-2014, 02:33 PM	#1
fins2nv Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 73	Timing Gear Cover I spent the morning under my '30 coupe cleaning the underside of the engine and scraping years of muck off the transmission. I'm trying to find an oil leak. My greatest suspicion is the timing gear cover. There is a little pool of oil on the front cross member and it looks wet around a couple of the cover bolts. I think the oil is leaking down from there and then spreading across the bottom of the engine. I recently got Les Andrews' number one book and it appears that both cover gaskets can be changed without taking off the crankshaft pulley. Is this true? If so, it looks like a relatively simple replacement. I hope it isn't a seal around the crankshaft.