Oil seeping out by SC starter motir

Greenfrog · Sep 20, 2017

1942 SC
Had starter rebuilt, and put on a new cork gasket....
Now I notice a little oil seeping out under the motor where the motor mounts to the engine housing at the cork gasket.
Any help here? Different gasket? Form a gasket sealer? Why?
Thanks in advance.

Patsdeere · Sep 20, 2017

I would put a thin layer of grease and put it back together. Problem solved.

oldproudvet · Sep 20, 2017

That, or soak the cork for a while in warm water, it softens it and helps it conform......

tractorguy2 · Sep 20, 2017

I tossed the cork gasket and put a heavy bead of orange silicon sealer around the gasket area.

Greenfrog · Sep 23, 2017

I'll reply to my own....in that this gives me another idea.
This starter had some oil inside of it which apparently is not good. Was cleaned up in the rebuild. It actually needs an oil seal that cannot be found anywhere.
Maybe I should allow the oil to seep out so as not to get into the starter...again?
The sc has a wet clutch and the ring gear bring oil up onto the Bendix of the starter, thus some oil can get into the starter motor.
Any ideas on this??

kevinthefixer · Sep 23, 2017

Can you find dimensions for the seal? Perhaps you could get a bearing & seal supply to find something close enough to get it to work. That would be my first choice (OK, second, first would be the real thing). Otherwise, well, this is a long shot and requires that you went to church on Sunday so you're OK with the big guy, but mine was doing that until I mixed some high-mileage 10w40 into it (temporarily, don't worry) and apparently it softened up the seal enough to make it stop. However, my hydraulic valve body is now leaking somewhere so I need to remove the tin, fuel tank and battery tray and find out where.

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