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I'd like to do the Carrera tensioner upgrade at some point but its not in the budget right now. I know that the cost of the upgrade is small compared to the cost of the damage that can happen if the old style tensioners fail but its going to have to wait a bit for now.
As to the duck tail, its not original. I do have the the original engine lid if I want to go back to the stock look but I like the tail. I'm not really a big fan of the targa look in general but for some reason I really like this look, I don't know what it is exactly but it just works. Also, my wife and kids get a big kick out of driving with the top off.
I've spent a lot of time under the car trying to pinpoint the oil leak. Since the car has carbs I can easily see most of the common oil leak points. I also got a big stack of documentation with the car and there are a bunch of Pelican Parts order forms from the previous owner and I can see that he replaced all of the most common seals. I might blow out the oil cooler just to do it but I was able to verify that all the other common leak points are dry.
At first I thought I had 2 leaks, one at the front of the engine and one at the back because I was seeing 2 puddles of oil. But, its all coming from behind the chain case. Its just that some of the oil would drip down below the chain case and some would run down the heat exchanger and drip off near the oil cooler. For a while I thought the oil cooler was also leaking but its really dry. I later discovered that the PO had already addressed an oil cooler leak with new seals and performed the JB Weld fix to the case.
I'll post some pics of the cam seal job as I go. I'll post a new thread if I really get in a jam and need some help.
Thank you all for the kind welcome,
Bob
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