Oh darn... oil seal saga and an extra part

[Phil Payne]

> > After getting the TB on etc, I was about to throw away the old oil 
> > seal... and realized there is a little round "spring" in there... 
> > (insert expletive here)  looking at a brand new spring sitting right 
> > next to me...  so how important is that spring in the oil seal... it 
> > looks like it could be important... but I don't want to button up the 
> > rest of the front end till I find out...
> > 
> > my next problem is... which seal is it for (crank or cam!)  I might 
> > have to buy 2 new ones if my first guess isn't right.  :(
> 
> They both have one... but if it belonged to the cam seal, it probably
> popped off as you pushed the new seal on anyway.

My money is with Orin's - the cam seal is the usual culprit.

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  Phil Payne
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