I remember it well, I got my thumbs on the inside of the mushroom bit, pushed and the o-ring plopped back in the hole. Years later when a friend had a pick-up problem with his I remembered this, stripped it down and found a kink in the o-ring.
All will become clear when it's split then....thanks for all the help you two. .. And all the others above..
Did you read the thread Davidoft linked to? That damage is done quite easily by nipping up the special nut atempting to stop a leak from the plate. To shear the bolt one might assume it's been over-tightened a tad and you will possibly find this problem in addition. Some cases have more meat around the thread than others. Some break easily, some don't.
Originally thought that problem wasn't mine...As yes that could be the rattle!.. Let's hope not just a bit of play hopefully...
Seek out the bolt it hangs on and see it it's wobbly also. That would explain a big oil leak on that side.
Ooops edit .. . no.. it was a resto thread on another site for a few years.. But was a runner by all accounts...
Can. Just add that this isn't the sump nut that has been sheared. It's the strainer. The sump plug is on the lower left toward the boot lid. Oil should be drained from this rather than the strainer. The strainer should only be removed and cleaned every few oil changes(cant remember the exact frequency)
No not yet...just waiting on a yoke to go on the stand and clearing space in garage should be going in the case by the weekend
I would recommend not touching it at all... with regular oil changes there is virtually no sediment build up in the sump, and I would always drop hot oil over cold oil, as this will pull any dirt out of the sump too... Modern engines run the same strainer method on their oil pick-ups, and they don't give you access to them... VW even dropped the access to them on the wasser engines
Perhaps I should have just glued it back on then Ah well it'll be an adventure going in there.... Raby says change the cam as an always... Any opinion on this anyone?
You're in there... seems daft to jump into it and only replace the broken pick up... Measure everything, and replace/machine whatever is out of tolerance
