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Reply to "Chesil Speedster - my planned winter overhaul of '98 build"

Martin, two things:

1.  "the twist pullrod fabrication that sits behind the shroud" (from your photo) is called a "Bell Crank" throttle linkage.  Lane loved his and there are a few more on here.  A slightly different version was also used on the original 356 engines, too, sitting upright between the distributor and generator.

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2.  Many of us with 1,915 and larger engines with the added 'sump under the sump' have found that the crankcase pressure is enough to cause oil to seep out of lots of different places, including the dipstick.  One way to minimize this (if you have that added sump) is to run your oil level no higher than halfway between the two indicators on the dipstick, which should put you half a quart low.  Nothing bad seems to happen (there's lots of oil in the sump) and it stops pushing oil out everywhere.

2a.  There are two versions of the dipstick temp sensor:  One that drives a temperature gauge (I have never actually seen one of these, but have heard rumors of their existence) and another that is basically a switch that closes to cause the oil light in the dash gauge to illuminate.  Gene Berg sold those for a while (Might still do).  

Just a heads up.

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