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Rear Main Seal Kit Installation

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Yeah, but the black light kits can cost MONEY.. like hundreds of dollars. So if a club is going to go in together and invest in a tool purchase for all club members. Or if you just want to own a blacklight kit(which by the way I do, as I used to be a line tech on Hondas, Acuras, MB's) the spray on talcum powder(athletes powder spray) for less than 5 bucks is a viable inexpensive alternative. Plus it's a lot easier to store a can of Tinactin than it is to keep a blacklight floating around in your tool box or garage without damage.

My additional .02
 
Whatever happened to the $4.95 black light "party bulbs" that everyone used to have back in the 60's to light up those colorful phychedelic posters with?
Won't they work?
Patrick
 
And you have to buy the dye for a/c, whoops healey use "natural" air, coolant, oil.
 
I didn't need any fancy tools to see the leak -- it was totally obvious. Anyway, the new oil line is in and I ran the engine up to operating temperature and have no leaks!!!
Other than the ones at the front of the engine, rear segment of the overdrive, the differential housing and the steering gear. None of these, however, affect the operating of the vehicle. I just replace the newspaper and cardboard under the car periodically. The one leak I was trying to end was the one getting oil on the clutch whichever one that was. I'll have to drive awhile to make sure that one has gone away.

After reading all the Norman Nock tech articles, now I'm worried that maybe the overdrive clutch slips. At least now with a new main drive clutch, I'll know that if something slips, it has to be the overdrive.

I really appreciate all the comments on many of the subjects discussed in the forum.
 
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