I saw on YouTube brittanicca restorations that he removed the metal ring oil seal cover that (on his engine) had been attached with machine screws: mine has the original rivets holding it on. do I need to remove this cover, when I can push the oil seal in from behind and leave the cover as it is? Or is there a reason I need to push the new seal in from the front? Obviously I have removed the timing cover as part of the engine rebuild.
Timing cover oil seal replacement
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Removing oil seal on engine front cover
I have just had this blasted, and thought I would remove the oil seal before I put some engine paint on it. But I am having trouble removing the oil seal. Being old the rubber has lost all strength and just comes off in small bits. I believe that the external cover to the oil seal is normally...
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Just leave dust cover on and fit from behind
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