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Jan.
I've done the front seal on my coupe and it wasn't a lot of fun. Make
sure the crankcase where the seal seats is clean and dry. Warm the seal
in hot water and stretch it over the crank{Seal is split} Now is the
fun of fitting the spring around the lip of the seal and connecting the
two end hooks. This can be fiddley work but not impossible. The trick
is to get the spring on in the limited space and not let the seal spread
and pop the spring off. Once your happy that the spring is in place I
put a layer of Peratex High temp silicone {Red} sealer on both parts and
then pressed the seal into place. Pressing the seal in is a tricky
job.There may be a special tool for this, but I used a couple of smooth,
slightly bent ended small pry bars and eased the seal into place. Once
fully seated, wipe off excess silicone. Now the only real problem with
the Continental front seals is the spring on the seal. Countless people
have changed the seal, only to find they still have a leak. {All that
have had this experience, hold your hand up} Mine did exactly this.
The real problem is that the seal spring is about 1/2 inch too long!.
Measure the inside of the seal with the spring on it before you install
it and I think you'll find it has a larger center hole than the diameter
of the shaft. Even when installed, it still is not tight enough to keep
the crank oil tight. If I had known the results, I would have modified
the spring before installation. This, as I said is not a fun job, but
don't be discouraged, it's not bad if you just look at it first. Good
luck.
Jon Page
FLAK MAGNET.
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