Gearbox tail shaft housing

[colingray]

I am looking for a series 3 manual gearbox tail shaft housing, mine looks to have been welded in it former life and leaks oil all over the exhaust.
I had been hoping it was the rear oil seal and also replaced the speedo drive seal as an added precaution.
Hopefully someone who has done a five speed conversion will be able to help?
Thanks
Colin Gray

[colingray]

I have this all sorted now and had it repaired by removing the tail shaft housing while the gearbox was in place by following the procedure elsewhere on this forum (The E type forum). I took the housing and had the seal opening welded as the previous welder had made such a terrible job of it that the oil was leaking past the outer edge of the seal. It is all back in and after approximately 50 mile seems to be fine.

[PPV]

That is good news. Did you use a specialist welder you would recommend?
Regards,

[colingray]

Hi, I used a mate who I have know for years, he tunes racing MZ motorcycles and does lots of aluminium welding on them. I was hoping for a casing but thought I would ask him if he would have a go at it which, he did for me and made a cracking job. He only wanted a drink £20 However I dropped him £60 as he was well worth it. I am sure there are some decent aluminium welders around the UK I just got lucky having a friend that does it.