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Old 08-23-2021, 08:30 AM
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Default Front seal disaster story

I put a fresh 428 rebuild in a '63 Ventura. When it had about 100 miles on, we started for central Canada. I stopped for gas in northern Ohio. I raised the hood to oil dripping off most of the area around the radiator & bottom of the hood. My rebuild kit had a pressed SS sleeve that was to go over the balancers shaft to cover the groove that wears in from many miles of the seal rubbing. Good idea........except that the SS part was too short and finally took the new seal out by the time I had gone 300 miles. So......I had to replace the seal in the parking lot of a gas station near Toledo. Good thing for me it was in a town and middle of the day......and that I had thought to bring as many tools as I did.

Do todays rebuild kits include the SS seal surface replacer part.???

PJH
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