Oh darn... oil seal saga and an extra part

[Orin Eman]

> 
> After getting the TB on etc, I was about to throw away the old oil 
> seal... and realized there is a little round "spring" in there... 
> (insert expletive here)  looking at a brand new spring sitting right 
> next to me...  so how important is that spring in the oil seal... it 
> looks like it could be important... but I don't want to button up the 
> rest of the front end till I find out...
> 
> my next problem is... which seal is it for (crank or cam!)  I might 
> have to buy 2 new ones if my first guess isn't right.  :(

They both have one... but if it belonged to the cam seal, it probably
popped off as you pushed the new seal on anyway.  There is a reason
for the sleeve tool for installing these seals - the inner lip needs to
be expanded slowly or it tends to turn inside out and the spring pop off.
I observed this on a '91 100 Q.  I had the front cam bearing cap off
to make things easier (replacing valve cover gasket at the same time)
and watched this little spring pop off every time...  I improvised a tool
using the cardboard from the box the seal came in rolled into a cylinder.

Orin.