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Anderslober 
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 Topic: Gasket on engine plate?Posted: 21-September-2022 at 2:44AM |
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Hi forum….the engine plate had a gasket on it. Is this normal?
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Posted: 25-September-2022 at 2:49PM |
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If that is your timing chain cover, and it looks like it is, then yes, yhat seal is imporrant. It's your crank seal.
I've got to get on to swapping mine out soon.
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Posted: 25-September-2022 at 2:57PM |
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I don't think my Cleveland engines had any gasket material there around the rear crank seal area. It would be just to reduce dust etc, from reaching the rear main seal which would be bad for it. So it's not a bad idea to put a foam gasket there if it's made for that heat. There shouldn't be much air circulation back there to move any dirty air into the rear seal area.
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Posted: 25-September-2022 at 8:41PM |
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It is not the timing chain cover. It is at the rear of engine….bell housing plate……rear engine plate…..whats the correct term?? No worries.
Is such a dust boot/gasket readily available somewhere? The gasket on the plate is very brittle…it disintegrates to any touching.
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Posted: 26-September-2022 at 11:05AM |
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It is not critical at all, generally no Ford pushrod engines have that in any later years. Don't spend much time or money on it, either replace it with whatever you might find that can take 250* of heat, or forget it completely.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000+ rpm 351-4V &4R70W 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Posted: 26-September-2022 at 1:19PM |
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I have only seen one in my Aamco days and that was in 1984.
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