[T3] The Bentley and it's case assembly compared to videos

[William Jahn]

I'm sure it's there. I can't remember 23 years ago when I rebuilt this
engine. I didn't put any sealer on the seal so it should be clear/open.

William

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 10:12 AM Sean Bartnik <sjbartnik at mac.com> wrote:

> It’s there, all cases have it. Otherwise the oil that gets past #1 main
> and onto the end play shims would not be able to drain back to the
> crankcase.
>
> If you are looking at the seal end of the crankshaft, the drain hole is at
> about 7 or 8 o’clock. But you can’t see it until the flex plate is off, the
> seal is out, and the end play shims are out.
>
> -Sean
>
> > On Jul 4, 2020, at 12:36 PM, William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I thumbed through my Bentley a few times lately and to be honest it
> jumps
> > around from one part to another. It's a wonder one could use it . I also
> > used the Haynes.
> >
> > My question is on the videos some in the know talk about a opening casee
> > side of the crank seal. It's purpose is to allow oil to return to the
> sump.
> > I don't recall seeing this. It's also mentioned while applying case half
> > sealer not to get it in the rear oil galley. I recall being very careful
> > not to do so.
> >
> > Does anyone know or has seen the small opening referred to behind the
> > crank seal? It's supposed to be on the bottom end of the case half behind
> > the area the seal seats in the case. Is this just for certain years? I've
> > just watched videos on 1600 cases and all of them had a clutch and all
> were
> > Beetle engines. Not a single one on an auto trans flex plate.
> > I also see lower case half nuts yet I see one small stud above and below
> > the cam.
> >
> > William
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