12-06-2018, 10:50 PM
Yes, what Ian said. Plus a certain amount of oil leakage - you are new to A7's, right? - is a pretty normal thing for Austin Sevens, the leak would have to be troubling me quite a bit to make me take the engine out and rebuild (only to find that it will still leak somewhere, more than likely). Your time might be better spent acquiring a drip tray...
I'm not at all sure that I'd try to remove the end plate in situ. The 3-legged 'spider' on the output shaft of the 3-speed box doesn't come off, so to loosen or remove the end cover you have to pull / drive the shaft through the box. This could go bad. You might get it away enough to squirt something in the joint but if you want to make a proper job of it you are going to struggle.
p.s. This might be a good time to say the gearbox should be filled with engine oil - SAE 30 or 20/50 would be about right.
I'm not at all sure that I'd try to remove the end plate in situ. The 3-legged 'spider' on the output shaft of the 3-speed box doesn't come off, so to loosen or remove the end cover you have to pull / drive the shaft through the box. This could go bad. You might get it away enough to squirt something in the joint but if you want to make a proper job of it you are going to struggle.
p.s. This might be a good time to say the gearbox should be filled with engine oil - SAE 30 or 20/50 would be about right.