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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

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.

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

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.