You could do the "shim the top seal" trick by tapping a piece of stainless steel scavenged from a used windshield wiper into the groove above the seal, and replace the bottom rope seal in the bearing cap. It sounds like you still have enough oil pressure not to have to replace any bearings.
Jerry


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