[Verdoro 68]

I did a little homework and found that there's a GM kit that includes the double lipped seal, so I picked one up off eBay for a few bucks. Once I took the clutch off, the leakage was obvious. There was also no felt to catch any oil which likely made the flinging worse. I got this compressor about 20 years ago from a parts store, it's probably a Four Seasons rebuild. The whole ceramic seal setup is so strange and convoluted, I'm not sure why anyone thought it was the best idea.

This thread on the Corvette Forum was super useful: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...placement.html

The Mastercool tool kit the author of that thread mentions is pretty expensive and hard to find. I headed back to eBay to pick up an old school A/C service kit for $20 that had everything I needed. Now on the reassembly and hoping it seals. When I get everything back together, I'll install the shield just to be safe.