I plan on replacing it this week. I've never done one before. It's on a 68 coupe with a 302. Any helpful tips or suggestions before I get started?

Any comments appreciated. Thanks all.

 

It's a piece of cake. You need to rent a puller to get the harmonic balancer off first. Pry out the old seal with a seal puller or you can use a screwdriver if you're careful. Tap in the new seal and reinstall the balancer and you're done. Make sure you install the seal as straight as possible. It isn't a tight pressfit so it goes in relatively easy.

 

Dont forget to put some grease around the seal, and balencer. That way, you wont mess up your seal. FOR some reason, mine is leaking, and i installed it right, and everything. So now i got to pull everything back off. [:@] Oh, and if i were you, i would go ahead and replace the timing chain and gears, just for the heck of it.

 

you might need a speedi sleeve on there. The front engine seal sometimes needs a new seal AND a speedi sleeve. The speedi-sleeve is an aluminum(?) sleeve that slips over the front of the crank and takes up any slop there might be between the seal and the crank. You have to ask for the timing cover set that includes this sleeve. Felpro makes a kit that is with and without the sleeve.

 

Yeah, I actually installed the sleeve, nut neglected to put on the glue or whatever it is. I believe the sleeve has backed off the balencer, and probably torn up the seal.[:@]

 

yep, that'll happen. Live and learn... Just get a new seal (not the whole kit) and this time use the glue

 

Yeah, thanks. I really dont want to pull off that timing chain cover again. If i do, im going to go ahead, and pull the intake, and cam out. Least get alittle horsepower out of the deal this time.

 

Since on the older one you have to pull the cover this is what I usually do. While I have the cover off I take a die grinder or dremel and remove the lip on front of the cover where the seal fits against. Then I get a later model seal that installs from the front. Then if you ever have to do it again it is much easier and the later seals, seal better. Just a little tip.

 

Thanks for all the great advice everyone. I feel much better now about the job. Sorry for the late reply, I've been on vacation... which ended way too soon. Take care all.