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Crank Seal Replaced- Finally
Created on 2007-01-27 18:30:31
Well, last week I finally got the crankshaft pulley bolt off. It took the car in fourth gear, emergency brake on full, front of car on jack stands, rear wheels chocked, a socket, four-foot cheater bar, and two pieces of angle-iron with bolts to go through the holes on the pulley, and it still fought, but it's out.
I then removed the seal, which was in bad shape, scraped off the old gasket, beaded and blasted the cover, primed, painted, and reinstalled - a quick test run showed no leaks!
I had to wait the week in between because one of the thinks I tried was heating up the pulley bolt with a torch, and I ruined the rubber in the harmonic balance.
Whe reinstalling, I oiled the seal, put the gasket on the cover with RTV compound, put the pulley through the seal, and the whole kit onto the shaft. I then put on as many of the timing chaing cover bolts as I could reach (two were behind the pulley), and then removed the pulley and put on the other bolts, and torqued the whole shebang to specs.
This is the first time the car has not leaked here since I got it- I am very excited. Just wish it was warmer out to drive some more.
I then removed the seal, which was in bad shape, scraped off the old gasket, beaded and blasted the cover, primed, painted, and reinstalled - a quick test run showed no leaks!
I had to wait the week in between because one of the thinks I tried was heating up the pulley bolt with a torch, and I ruined the rubber in the harmonic balance.
Whe reinstalling, I oiled the seal, put the gasket on the cover with RTV compound, put the pulley through the seal, and the whole kit onto the shaft. I then put on as many of the timing chaing cover bolts as I could reach (two were behind the pulley), and then removed the pulley and put on the other bolts, and torqued the whole shebang to specs.
This is the first time the car has not leaked here since I got it- I am very excited. Just wish it was warmer out to drive some more.
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You can see why this seal was leaking
Tools used during the extraction...
You can see why this seal was leaking
Tools used during the extraction...
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| End Of Year Work | 2007-01-10 | Well, not having posted since October, it's time to update the journal. A bunch of little work has been going on. I obtained a hardtop that will work either on Miss ... | ||
| Brakes! | 2006-10-24 | A summation of a few month's worth of tinkering. After much squeaking from the rear passenger brakes, we ended up replacing the brake piston- all seems much better n... | ||
| Little Bits | 2006-09-05 | 1 | More little bits done over this past Labor day weekend. Checked out the gearbox oil level- had some trouble shifting, but the level is fine. Checked the hyraulics a... | |
| Lights! | 2006-08-27 | After a few weeks of working most on the 64B (Miss Kensingtion's cousin Maggie) it was time to get back to Miss K's issues. The big push is a possible trip to a car show in Bergen ... | ||
| Heater Core Removal/Repair | 2006-07-06 | After a 65 mile drive home in 90 degree New Jersey summer on the 4th of July weekend, my son Jeremy and I arrived home, and the engine is hot. Pop the hood, and see fluid leaking f... | ||
| Rear Axle Gasket Replacement | 2006-06-25 | Today we ended up replacing the rear axle gasket- it was leaking. Jacked up the car on jackstands, pulled the cover off, cleaned the cover inside and out, cleaned jo... | ||
| First Trip For Service | 2006-06-15 | 1 | 1 | OK, so having purchased the car a week ago and driven it around a bunch, it was time to get it inspected. I brought it to Westwood Motors Inc. LTD in Northvale NJ. They work mainly... |
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