Paul, Are you talking about the original rear seal? It has a shield like you
say. You should have removed it and replaced it with a different seal like
Bill says in the instructions. Going to be hard in the car, you might want to
pull it all out again or cut a hole in the bottom of the car like Frank did to
replace this seal. Didn't someone do the work for you?
Crash
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> List,
>
> Last night was a good Spritely night. If you remember, my recent
> 5-speed conversion resulted in an unknown tranny noise.
>
> I took the Sprite to the guy who did the overhaul (2 bearings) on the
> Datsun transmission before conversion. After a drive during which he
> heard the sound, we raised it on his rack, started it, and put it in
> gear. Guess what the noise was...it was being made by a ring which
> appears to be a mud/dirt guard around the driveshaft located just
> before the driveshaft enters the differential. Man! Was I a happy
> camper knowing that the motor and tranny didn't have to be pulled.
>
> Now, how the heck do I fix this? Pull the driveshaft off? To what
> and how does this ring attach?
>
> Other than that, is this conversion too cool or what? Man is it nice
> to put the car in fifth and it sure doesn't take long to get used to
> down shifting into first.
>
> I actually like the shorter travel of the clutch.
>
> I've got a 4.22 rear end and this is no way am I going to try the
> 3.9.
>
> Needless to say, I'm an excited guy.
>
> Later,
> Paul
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> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
> Lexington, KY
> 606/744-4812 ext. 389
> '59 A/H Sprite MK I: AN5L-8073
> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
> '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
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