Thanks
Haydn the rear main is in now,  it's the endcap bearing  gasket that I will trim and butt the sump gasket up to the endcap.
That way it is continuous with the surface of the block.
Getting there!!

main cap bearing gaskets fit pretty good . I guess I should trim the end off?

Ok I'm back
The crank just had remnants from the old seal.
It linished off smoothly.
I had a mate who knew an old mechanic who came round and put in the rear main seal.




It took 4 hours but it was great watching him!
Now it's put together time.
I have a new gasket for the sump and bearing cap.
The sump gasket looks great. Do I trim the main cap gaskets as they seem a bit big?

 Just rereading the whole post. With regard to the seal your  say to gently massage the seal in with your hands. My grip strength is pretty good being a physiotherapist but there is no way in the wide world of sports that I could have squashed this seal even a little bit with my fingers.
I did flatten the Seal  out a little bit with a flat bar. It did go in fairly easily then, as I could then massage with my fingers.
I'll clamp it tomorrow and also just clean a bit of that pitting too on the crank.

The seal is sitting quite proud. I just placed the crank back in and there was oil marking visible.



One thing I have done is score the bearing shell!! I will need to replace this won't I. Will I have to do them all??

Nick

As I said it cuts quite easily. Hopefully you can see a bit more of the composition with this cut. First horizontal on the other side

It actually cuts pretty well. 1st 2 cuts horizontal and vertical and it looks pretty good. Bit of trimming. Going to get a couple of new scalpels

Top seal is in.
Trim the edges.
Should i Put the crank back it to tighten it up??

Hey Rob
The NOS seals are a woven outside with a compressed material inside. The consistency of a firm redskin lolly
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This seems to be hard to cut and is very fibrous.
Is this in far enough?
Pressed it down with a little mallets round edge.

Thanks Rob
The NOS seals have arrived. I got one set soaking and I just tried to fit the other set into the bearing cap.


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They look awful big.  Is that the  correct way to put it in . It looks like it will need a bit of coaxing?

Nick

Some pitting on the chrome but pins and emblem intact . Free if you want to pay postage

Thanks Rob
I have just done a trial run with the old seal. The nos ones haven't arrived and I'd rather wait till they arrive and fit them. The others from the gasket set are still soaking.


Man those things are hard to cut. I used a scalpel and I thought it was blunt 😐
Do I cut out the middle bit between the teeth?


How's that look?
Nick

Thanks Rob
That's the only one on the front cylinder. ( is that 1 or 6 ). The rest of them are flat.
Yes the bearings are new.

What is the best way to cut around the teeth on the rear cap?

I have noticed that the bottom bearing cap protrudes past the piston retainer on the front piston is that ok???

That's the seal from the block
This is the seal from the main cap


Got a gasket set and now soaking the bearing seals.
Have also bought 2 NOS seals . The first ones will be a trial run.

I think that's what I asked for Jim.
Here is a picture of the seal as I have taken it out.



I think that the cut needs to be a bit cleaner?

Question for Lako who bent his front engine plate when he dropped his.. well it doesn't really matter what happened😂😐. He can explain but is it cast or pressed. Can you straighten it with a hammer ??

Thanks .. again very informative
That's for later .😢 Yeah it's a B block.
Makes me think I can do this.
Hopefully I will get the grind measurement.
I asked for a mild grind.

Hey Rob,
I'm trying to find out what the grind on it was. He said that he did it when getting the crank ground. Can you tell from that crappy photo??
Ive ordered an old(?) rope seal from a site on facebook (Early holden and Ford bumpers James Rayner) for 36 buck each.

I took the slinger out and have filed a notch in it.


One other issue is with the timing case. As you can see from this photo the bolt protrudes into the gasket for the front crank cap. ??

Thanks Heaps
Nick

All sorted.
Cut a groove with 1mm disc and screwed out easy.



Crank out and parts all set out. Need to get a gasket set .





Who would supply extra rear mains as I might need a few goes at it
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