My Honsowetz, "how to restore" book shows the oil slinger and adds an install step. Weird how the "modify" book tells not to install it. Would be good to know why.

16 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

It's called an "oil thrower".

Thrower is an adjective. Slinger would be a verb. No? 

Lost in translation.

 

I do not appear to have an oil slinger.

You can still get them.  Doesn't seem to be much to them.  Wonder which way the oil is meant to be thrown.   Seems like the translation from Japanese should have been deflector, not thrower or slinger.  I'll bet it is just a shield to keep the distributor gear from piling oil up in to the front of the cavity.  Edit - actually the distributor drive gear is probably the "thrower".  It sits right there throwing oil toward the seal as it spins.

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Edited March 19, 20214 yr by Zed Head

2 minutes ago, Awk34 said:

I do not appear to have an oil slinger.

Hence, your quandary.  The "ping".  Wonder if the slinger will fit inside the seal opening.  You could still install one.

Edit - never mind, your seal is out.  Easy to do.

Edited March 19, 20214 yr by Zed Head

The convex? shape sends it back towards the windshield.

Whops! Concave.

Edited March 19, 20214 yr by siteunseen

5 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

Thrower is an adjective. Slinger would be a verb. No? 

Lost in translation.

 

Those are both adjectives. Throw and sling are verbs 🙂


@Zed Head Why not. I ordered a couple.

Just now, siteunseen said:

The convex? shape sends it back towards the windshield.

Ah yes, must have been removed to prevent getting oil on the windshield 😉

nouns

6 minutes ago, Awk34 said:

Those are both adjectives. Throw and sling are verbs 🙂


@Zed Head Why not. I ordered a couple.

I was thinking run, runner?

21 minutes ago, Awk34 said:

I do not appear to have an oil slinger.

 

What are all those nicks and gouges on the front cover?

I see a toolmark on the edge of the seal bore that has displaced meta into the bore. Take a jeweler's file and smooth that back down to restore the radius of the bore before putting a new seal in. Use a shop vac while filing to suck the metal bits away from the crankcase.

 

16 minutes ago, Awk34 said:

Those are both adjectives. Throw and sling are verbs 🙂


@Zed Head Why not. I ordered a couple.

But you only need one.

34 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

nouns

haha right, previous post had me confused