Re: 4000 quattro-replacing cam and crank seals (was replacing belts andhoses)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <013301be0d1f$a1104d60$1d7265cc@default> "Fred Munro" writes:

>     I replaced the cam and front crank (oil pump) seal on my MC I5 motor
> without the special tools. The cam seal popped out with a screwdriver and
> took about 15 minute to replace. The crank seal was painfully cut with a
> needle file and pulled out with a special hook I made out of a 4" nail - it
> took two hours. Some listers have popped this one out with a screwdriver,
> but mine was in there solid!

My tool merchant offers several different blister packs of seal pullers
and the like.  One of them proved ideal for the crank seal, and it took
me a couple of minutes.  The pack of three was only a couple of GBP.

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 Phil Payne
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