[Silly Little Cars] rear main seal woes!!

[Jerry Caldwell via Silly_little_cars]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:13 AM, via Silly_little_cars <
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>     I picked up a little 3/8 swivel today because mine was missing and you
> do need to remove the starter to separate the engine from the transmission.
> The spacer plate between the two needs to be free because it's behind the
> flex plate.
> Anyway... A quick peek in the starter hole reveals the confirmation that
> these ME21 engines just randomly pop the rear seal clear out.
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> I'm off to put together my engine lift.I'll be back with another update
> later. ?
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>From my past experience, what causes the seal to blow out:

1) over filling the engine with oil.
2) PCV valve failing

When we change one , we stacked the seal housing  and used a bearing sleeve
retainer glue.
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