Subject: Re: Oil Leak-Follow Up and More Frustration!
Author: Charles Mullendore
Date: Jun 11, 2001, 3:44 PM
Post ID: 1707076014
Hi Keith,
If your referring to the engine and trans cases, there is no "seal" between
them. There is a seal at the rear of the crank and at the front of the trans
input shaft that could be leaking. Also the two lower bolts of the rear main
bearing flange need to be sealed in order to prevent leakage. Could also be the
rear cam bearing soft plug needs to be sealed. As for the stripped bolt (or
stud?), you may be able to fit a slightly longer one and get a bite on what
thread may be left in the hole. Otherwise, it sounds like eventually you'll
have to pull things apart and do an insert of some sort.
If your '71 still has the original 4-speed trans, you won't have to pull the
trans to replace the spring. I have no experience here, so I'll let someone who
does fill you in on the procedure.
Cheers,
Charlie
Keith Ruff wrote:
| ============================================================ The best bargains are just a click away. Choose TopOffers for cool savings, hot deals, & free stuff. http://click.topica.com/caaacgLb1dfltb2BLYza/TopOffers ============================================================ Upon another inspection, the oil is weeping out of the seal between the cases, not through the vent hole or vent tube. Looks like the drivers side bottom bolt on the case may be stripped and not torque-ing down, just spins. This should not be since the Guzzi shop just did a bunch of work to the tranny and had the engine/trans out. In addition, was on the way to my auto mechanic with the Guzzi, he works on bikes too -he is going to check into this whole gen light problem for me. On the way to the shop, the gosh darn return spring on the shifter must have busted again!! This is what started the whole deal with the tranny problems several months ago. I noticed when doing a U-turn that the heel-toe-shifter never came back up to center from the heel, so I pushed the toe portion to center it and had to do this the rest of the way to the shop in order to shift gears. Shifted fine outside of manually having to bring the shifter back to center. I'm pretty pissed about this as I was down to basically fixing the gen light ordeal and doing nothing more than paint touch up for cosmetic purposes. Now I have the gen light problem, an oil leak that I hope will not require the engine and trans to be re-removed to fix a stripped bolt, not to mention the possibility of taking the trans apart again to fix the busted return spring! I told my mechanic to give Mark at MG Classics a ring - Mark, think it was you that mentioned you don't have to remove the trans to get to the return spring? Something about removing the rear plate and putting her in 2nd gear? Will wait to hear from my mechanic with the verdicts on all 3 of these problems. Just when you think you've got everything all set up and ready to run, crap like this pops up. TELL ME IT GETS BETTER THAN THIS, PLEASE!! I'm losing patience with Patience (the name I have given this 71 Ambo) Quick! You may see her on e-bay soon! Not sure how much more of this I can take! I want to ride, not keep her in the shop all of the time! OK, I'm off my soapbox now, thanx for listening...... Keith Ruff 71 Police Amabassador - NJ Zerhackermann . wrote:
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