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Good advice, I might wait until the Longchamp is finished. Over here in Denmark there's another issue some of you guys may not have: winter. The driving period is April-Sept at the most, so the car has to driveable in that period and all maintenance has to be in the winter.

If the seal can't be replaced w/o lowering the crank, then I can't see it can be done in car. At the front there's a timing chain, at the back there's a gearbox. So the question is now, can the seal be changed w/o lowering crank. I've done it on the 2-piece on a chevy SB, though it was while the engine was out and upside down, so a little easier. Removed the bearing cap which includes the lower half of the seal. Then pushed the upper half out around the crank with som hard but flexible plastic. I haven't opened a Cleveland before, so I don't know if this is possible.

Perhaps I should tell the symptoms that make me consider this. The leak: No leak when stationary. No leak when just started. When driving, coming home, idling 1 minute in front of the garage, driving into the garage, then there's a puddle in front of the garage. Seems to be part oil, part water, but that's just a guess. Gearbox does not appear to lose oil, engine uses ½-1 liter per 500 km.