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Old 01-22-2012, 06:55 AM   #1
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Another question before I get to it. What's the best way to install the new Cam Seals and the Crank Seal ? I found in the FSM the part numbers for the tool they use but man I'd have to spend a couple of hundred dollars for those.
We all know how much money it takes to do a motor build and I hate to spend the money on something that I may only use once, I hope that's the case.
Do you guys have another of installing these ?
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Old 01-22-2012, 09:58 AM   #2
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PVC pipe has always been a fall back tool for a seal driver. Cheap, available in many diameters, local hardware store sells remnants cut from other peoples projects for dirt cheap.

Crank seal is easy enough to do with out a seal driver if you pull the oil pump to reseal it. Just install the new seal while it is off the car.
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Old 01-22-2012, 10:49 AM   #3
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I use a 34mm (I think, it is big whatever it is). And that is a great cam seal driver. I then use a length of tubing to drive the rear main seal in.

BE WARNED: if you drive the rear main seal in past gulch you will have a big ass oil leak and need to replace it.
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Old 01-22-2012, 04:14 PM   #4
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:01 PM   #5
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may help- put a tiny bit of oil around the outside of the seal and on the meatl where its going, helps it go in the tight hole better so you dont end up damaging the new seal and there wont be any problems with leaking or the seal slipping because you put oil on the outside
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^Good advice....and that's what she said.^
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