Subject: oil system reliabilty modifications
From: Paul
Date: 3/14/2000, 10:29 AM

Mark Steitle wrote:

         
Paul,
Turns out the end housing I have is a good one, so I didn't cut/drill into it.  However, the oil and water passages are easy to see.  It doesn't look like  there would be a problem with feeding the psru from a fitting drilled/tapped into the flywheel side of the rear housing, as long as you place it to clear the flywheel.  Staying clear of the water passages should be easy to do.  The oil passage is very evident if you follow the banjo fitting going into the rear housing from the oil cooler.  It goes straight in and up through the casting to the oil filter just outside the thru-bolt holes (spark plug side), with a branch for the rear main bearing.  May have to give some thought as to how to tighten the fittings or inspect the system without disassembly.  Hope this helps.
Mark

 
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