I think this is in AAW, and it's true that the top bearing slippers don't
get as much oil as they probably should. However, I know of *no-one* that
has gone to the extent of blocking it off as suggested. Mine and every other
MB/GPW in our club that I know of has never had any problems with burning
out bearings due to the system used. Last year some club MB's and GPW's did
a 6,000 mile round trip into the centre of Australia and back, in 5 weeks,
all normal engines, and not any problems. The long oil hose broke on my friend's
GPW out in the Simpson Desert but that was it. Unless you intend to thrash
it then I'd leave it as it is. That design got 670,000 jeeps through that
minor altercation in the early 1940's with flying colours.
Steve Malikoff.
steven@phaedra.apana.org.au