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SC397 
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 Topic: Timing Cover Seal Install ?Posted: Jun/11/2018 at 12:15pm |
I woundn't advise it unless you are using a older timing cover with a Professional Product's Harmonic Balancer. Page 3 shows you why. http://theamcforum.com/forum/amc-harmonic-vibration-damper-listing_topic38898_page3.html I HAD to do this one time but there is always the chance of getting aluminum chips inside the engine. |
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SC397
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Posted: Jun/11/2018 at 12:01pm |
No, the later AMC covers were machined through as well. |
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Posted: Jun/11/2018 at 11:41am |
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You could remove the outer lip but you would also need a stepped insertion tool to ensure the seal will be installed square and on the original machined surface.
Better would be to machine the lip off to match the bore and set the seal flush with the cover.
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DHACKING
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Posted: Jun/11/2018 at 11:09am |
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is it possible to grind the lip off of the early style timing covers and install new seal with timing cover on the engine?
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mikesramblur
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Posted: Apr/05/2010 at 12:26pm |
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the 4x4 worked for me for years.
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82 Spirit ..258 auto .. for now
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billd
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Posted: Apr/02/2010 at 7:14pm |
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Yeah, a LOT of room for a board, or to tap with a hammer when it's in the car.
I use the piece of pipe and a bolt and washers...... can't go in crooked, not possible, and I don't need to swing a hammer against a block in a 4" area... ;-) If the cover is off, or as pointed out, must be removed like many years and models, the wood block is good.......... flat, easy to hit squarely. Edited by billd - Apr/02/2010 at 7:16pm |
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scott
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Posted: Apr/02/2010 at 4:59pm |
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You can grind or file the lip off an older cover so that the seal can be installed from the front. It makes it easier for seal changes down the road.
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74Bubblefender
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Posted: Apr/02/2010 at 4:18pm |
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Yes very good of you to point that out! Some of them (early) had a lip that prevented changing out the seal from the front.
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We are just about to forge new AMC V8 crankshafts.. please check here
http://www.bulltear.com/forums/showthread.php?19564 |
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amc67rogue
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Posted: Apr/02/2010 at 3:55pm |
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All of the factory OEM covers need to be removed to change the seal , it goes in the cover from the backside . In the later yrs. late 70s, 80s ? they machined the hole for the seal through so you didn't have to remove the cover. The after market covers ( crown , bulltear,etc ) may be machined through.
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Keith Coggins 67Rogue X code
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74Bubblefender
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Posted: Apr/02/2010 at 2:51pm |
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Man I wonder if you guys ever had front seals that didnt leak...LOL
Best way to install it from the front is to use a 2.5" diameter piece of material and lightly tap it into place. Keep checking it so your not pushing one side in faster than another. If you dont use a 2.5" piece you will bend the lip that makes the seal on the inside diameter of the timing cover. And as a bit of advice the spring side always goes inward.
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We are just about to forge new AMC V8 crankshafts.. please check here
http://www.bulltear.com/forums/showthread.php?19564 |
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