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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

 Mark Wrathall wrote>
Thanks for checking this Mark. My Idea would be to drill through the PSRU
mounting surface so the oil gallery runs though the flange between the rear
housing and PRSU, and then  drilled gallerys in the wall of the PRSU to the
bearings. I think separate oil lines routed internally are not much of an
improvment over having them external. If they leaked you wouldn't see it,
but at least you don't loose engine oil over board (You will eventually
seize the PSRU though).

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