[SEL] Baker Monitor update.

[Curt]

Reg,
Well I'll be! Makes perfectly good sense now that you explain it. Seems 
like there was nothing but a good layer of crud in the area when we took 
it apart, but just assumed some sort of seal had been removed. And to 
think I went to a fair amount of trouble this weekend when putting the 
crankshaft in. RTV'd the slingers to the crankshaft to make sure oil 
could not get by them. Also RTV's each and every shim both to the block, 
to each other, and to the caps to make sure oil could not weep by them 
either. Now you tell me there will be 2 open windows to freely pump air 
and oil mist out. Guess stocking up on paper towels is a must! Jim 
Kirkes says an inch of oil max in the bottom of the crankcase seems to 
be the happy medium between proper lubrication and oil slobbering.
Thanks for saving me from this mistake.
Curt

R & M Ingold wrote:

> I have a question....what is a good material to use between the upper
> part of the main bearing caps and the block to provide a seal?
>
> That is supposed to be open as a breather.
> It  also allows the excess oil to migrate all over your smart engine.
> If you block this off you will have to fit some sort of breather.
> If you dont, the front door leaks and the camshaft n,crankshaft blows 
> oil out. A mess just the same as leaving it.
> Reg & Marg Ingold.
> Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
>
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