I couldn't agree with you more. I'd much prefer to take the engine out and replace all of the seals. Unfortunately, I decided a couple of years ago that, after fifty years, I had had enough of car restoration, and I sold my heavy equipment (mid-height lift, engine hoist, engine stand, etc). Recently however, I couldn't stand not having my hands on a deserving old car, so I bought a '68 Dart for a couple of hundred dollars. It had been sitting in a front yard five minutes from my house for months, with a for-sale sign and looking very decrepit. Much to my surprise, the car turned out to be a low-mileage example with nothing more serious wrong with it than an couple of quarter panel rust holes. So here I am, seventy years old, and laying on my back under a '68 Dodge. Deja vu all over again!
