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Center the housing for longer life - Is there a special tool for this? 120-130 1967

posted by  Danny on  Thu Feb 28 12:51 CST 2002
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I did this to my B18 3 years ago, under the car, and didn't pull the pan. No fun under the car. I spliced in a piece of pan gasket, and it didn't leak when I was done. But I was unhappy about about the centering of the whole deal on the crank, and when I swapped B20 in this past September, and tore the B18 down, I noticed that the rear seal was wearing a lot more on the bottom, meaning that, not having centered it on the crank (without the pressure of the pan and gasket, and goo lifting the seal housing) meant that it wore. I remember seeing (brickboard or IPD classifieds a year or so ago) some sort of sleeve set for centering both front and rear seal housings, but think that those may have been only for felt type seal setups. When I rebuilt my B20, the pan was off when I installed the seal/housings and so it was easier to get them centered, but still only by eye/feel. Maybe somebody else knows about a smart, accurate way to get the seal/housing dead on. It is critical to longevity of the "improved" seal.






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