Install seal on timing cover

[sparx]

Any simple way to install the seal on the timing cover, inside mounted?

Better to get new timing cover that seal installs from outside?
sparx

 

[2+2GT]

Any simple way to install the seal on the timing cover, inside mounted?

Better to get new timing cover that seal installs from outside?
sparx

How often you planning to replace this seal? By removing the cover and replacing the seal, you solve the problem for $25. If you replace the cover to use the "easier" seal, this goes up another $100 or so. I dunno about you, but I replaced this seal over 20 years ago and it's still in there, doing the job. Not untouched, either, I've replaced the damper twice.

 

[sparx]

I have the original cover off the 289, but the pitting on the gasket surfaces concerns me. And I am not much for piling on gasket rtv.

So, I think I may be getting a new timing cover anyway.
sparx

 

[2+2GT]

I don't use silicone sealant. I think about the bits that squeeze inside the engine and end up inside the lifters, etc.…

I use this on almost everything:

http://www.permatex.com/products/Au...tex_Aviation_Form-A-Gasket_No_3_Sealant_a.htm

 

[sparx]

I have looked at that stuff and read it works well.

How to install that seal... ?

 

[2+2GT]

Press the old seal out and the new in with a seal tool or large socket. I like to put a thin coating of sealant in the bore before inserting the seal.

 

[dcstang67]

I don't use silicone sealant. I think about the bits that squeeze inside the engine and end up inside the lifters, etc.…

I use this on almost everything:

http://www.permatex.com/products/Au...tex_Aviation_Form-A-Gasket_No_3_Sealant_a.htm

I really wouldnt worry about that happening. The oil has to pass through a screen and a filter before it even comes close to the inside of the lifters. The normal breakdown of bearings ending up in the bottom of the oil pan will do more damage than some soft silicone that may end up in your oil pan.