Series 2 Glue / sealant PL32 equivalent for rear crankshaft seal?

G'day folks,

I keep coming up against a bit of a brick wall on this one.

I've got to "glue" in a new rear crankshaft seal on my 3mb (three main bearing) diesel engine. This seal comes with a cut in it so you can get it round the crank. Once fitted it needs to be glued.

Green book specifies a Hylomar product that does not seem to exist. The closest I can find is a solvent free "aerograde" PL32...

...all would be good if I could frigging order this stuff. But being on the wrong side of the English channel means I can only pay 50 euros of a tube of this stuff from Australia...

...Ho Lee F***...

...just silly.

So I was thinking - there has to be a better way. There has to be an alternative product.

Ideally something that goes along with the anal solvent free ideal that I assume has been set by Land Rover.

Help before I get fed up and just super glue the bugger in place!

If I was me, I would get a spare seal and try superglue on that. If it worked and hadn't dissolved the rubber after a few days I would superglue the other seal in place as required.

Col

Thanks Col,

I've discovered that the PL32 is a bit too modern and normal Hylomar Blue is the stuff to use.

Ah! Good old Hylomar, we used to use it to put bus engine and gearboxes back together when I was a bus mechanic in the 70's. Not much gets past it if applied correctly. Funnily enough it's the one thing I don't have in my overflowing garage or shed. I think I'll get myself over to EBay and buy some

Col

Whilst you're there get one of the spray cans too if you're going to be fitting new head gaskets in the future (especially if you're stuck working on engines with cast steel blocks with alloy heads)

Thanks for the tip, I'll remember that. The Hylomar was over £5 for a 100mg tube. No wonder the bus company always ran at a loss, we used tons of the stuff

Col