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all the wiggly bits are still connected and seem to be happy. I have no idea how long the Loctite will hold on to the bearings but for the moment all seems well. Below is a pic of the new oil nipple and oil hole in the front housing (blanked off with am m3 grub screw)
When running a fair amount of oil comes out of the new nipple so I will add a pipe to keep it off the model. I also found (when oiling the engine at idle) that there is in fact quite a bit of pressure from that nipple. As such I have changed my recommendation regarding the drain nipple in the bottom. If you mod your engine like myself and BJ then close it, if you don't mod it then it should probably be open. I think my current setup is how the original OS was when the instructions were written.
Anyway, just to prove it did work, heres a video
sorry it cuts out, memory card was full
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfTT...ature=youtu.be