Right (from the timing drive) stuffing box
1. Remove the crankshaft gear (see Section Removal and installation of timing gears).
2. Carefully drill or punch two holes in the hard end face of the gland. Screw a couple of self-tapping screws into the holes. Grasp the screw heads with pliers and carefully remove the oil seal from the seat, - try not to damage the oil pump housing.
Removing the old crankshaft oil seal
3. Clean the contact surfaces of the seat and the shaft journal, carefully removing any burrs and burrs from them that could lead to failure of the new stuffing box.
4. Lubricate the sealing lips of the new oil seal with clean engine oil and, using a cylindrical mandrel, evenly press the oil seal into the seat with the lips inside and flush with the body surface.
Fitting a new seal
An interchangeable socket of the appropriate size, or a piece of pipe of a suitable diameter, is suitable as a mandrel - make sure that the mandrel rests only on the hard edge of the stuffing box.
5. Remove traces of oil and install the crankshaft gear (see Section Removal and installation of timing gears).
Left (flywheel side) stuffing box
1. Remove flywheel or drive plate (see Section Removal, condition check and installation of a flywheel/drive disk).
2. Carefully drill or punch two holes in the hard end face of the gland. Screw a couple of self-tapping screws into the holes. Grasp the screw heads with pliers and carefully remove the oil seal from the seat.
3. Clean the contact surfaces of the seat and the shaft journal, carefully removing any burrs and burrs from them that could lead to failure of the new stuffing box.
4. Lubricate the sealing lips of the new oil seal with clean engine oil and, using a cylindrical mandrel, evenly press the oil seal into the seat with the lips inside and flush with the surface of the block.
An interchangeable socket of the appropriate size, or a piece of pipe of a suitable diameter, is suitable as a mandrel - make sure that the mandrel rests only on the hard edge of the stuffing box.
5. Remove all traces of oil and reinstall the flywheel/drive plate (see Section Removal, condition check and installation of a flywheel/drive disk).
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