The culprit seems to be the gearbox front oil seal (the 1 you have to take the gear box out to replace)
Oil is comming from between the engine and bell housing.
Given that it doesn't smell like engine oil , inside the bellhousing is soaked, the gear box took
half a litre to top up and that 1st and 2nd where hard to engage it points to gearbox oil seal has gone south (hopefully the bearing is intact)
Had a poke in the breather on the top of the box which was full of crap.
Blocked breather = blown seal.
Here comes the real question...............
Due to my clutch release arm breaking last year and me welding it in situ.I would like to replace it with 1 of the older solid arms while the gear box is out.
Quick look on fleabay turned none up
Plenty of the substandard judder clutch ones Ford forced upon us but no earlier ones.
The mk6 rwd uses the the one i'm after but obviously no hole for a cable as they use hydraulic wizadry.
Are the early mk6 arms the same dimentions as the earlier arm but without the hole for a cable?
Hole can be drilled/machined in it to accept the cable.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRANSIT-2-4-R ... 42&_trkpar
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