gearbox oil seals

[abas]

I'm just about to put the engine and gearbox together to put into my car, but I wanted to check something before I do.

The whole of the inside of the bellhousing is covered in oil. Now I know that the previous engine had a leaking crank rear oil seal, but the amount of oil that is there leads me to think that maybe one of the front gearbox oil seals/gaskets is leaking too. Is this likely or a common problem? I'd rather not get involved in doing any gearbox repairs unless it's absolutely necessary.

The gearbox is a bog standard 5 speed 1972 gearbox with integral bellhousing.

Any help much appreciated


Andrew

 

[ben240z]

for the cost of replacing the seals now is the time to do it. take the old seals to ashley bearing on ashley road poole and they will supply new ones. cheers ben
ps give me an email re the driveshafts and we will sort out fitting joints