I have a 1965 3 cylinder gas motor...I installed the new rear crankshaft seal .....its not a type that has a steel outer
edge..just all rubber...so there is nothing that keeps it from coming out as there is no C-clip or ring..no ridge ..no
nothing...enough pressure in block {which there should not be much if any } but it could force it out.....I checked in
manual..shows just the new chinese rubber seal and nothing else...so called dealer and they said there is a cork gasket that
is supposed to go between the plate that fits between the block and trans and the parts book does not show it for some
reason..so I gto home layed the cork gasket up to it but the hole in the gasket is bigger than the outside circumference of
the seal except for 4 inside tangs in the cork gasket that really would not hold it in in my opinion..so then I thought the
steel plate must be what holds it in ..held it up..no way..too big too...and the cork gasket is thick and if I put it on
over top of the gasket it will have be bend some ? wtf....really ..thats the fix? am i supposed to just put it on and
then the plate and not worry that I have to do it again some day soon ?..I thought about making a thin plate instead of the
thick cork myself..at least I would be able to sleep at nite as it has a loader and a 753 hoe on it so its a big deal to
have to do it over...has anyone had to do this before ... am I missing something here .hard to believe that is the fix by
ford....
edge..just all rubber...so there is nothing that keeps it from coming out as there is no C-clip or ring..no ridge ..no
nothing...enough pressure in block {which there should not be much if any } but it could force it out.....I checked in
manual..shows just the new chinese rubber seal and nothing else...so called dealer and they said there is a cork gasket that
is supposed to go between the plate that fits between the block and trans and the parts book does not show it for some
reason..so I gto home layed the cork gasket up to it but the hole in the gasket is bigger than the outside circumference of
the seal except for 4 inside tangs in the cork gasket that really would not hold it in in my opinion..so then I thought the
steel plate must be what holds it in ..held it up..no way..too big too...and the cork gasket is thick and if I put it on
over top of the gasket it will have be bend some ? wtf....really ..thats the fix? am i supposed to just put it on and
then the plate and not worry that I have to do it again some day soon ?..I thought about making a thin plate instead of the
thick cork myself..at least I would be able to sleep at nite as it has a loader and a 753 hoe on it so its a big deal to
have to do it over...has anyone had to do this before ... am I missing something here .hard to believe that is the fix by
ford....