Rope seals

Hi all,

Last night I picked up my new rope seals kit, and I'm a little puzzled by what I've found.

Poking through the archives I found a post by Dell in which he describes which seal goes where:

"p/n 8N-6701 (GREEN) for the upper rear crankshaft seal. p/n 8N-6702 (RED) for the lower rear crankshaft seal. p/n 8N-6700 (green) for the upper front crankshaft seal. p/n 8N-6707 (red) for the lower front crankshaft seal."

Here's my problem: only one of my rope seals has an obvious green blotch on the end of it - #2 in the pic above. (there are no colours on the ends hidden from view)

Could someone with a little experience with these matters enlighten me as to where each of the four roope seals pictured above belongs?

And yes, I've already ordered the new NAPA neoprene gasket for the front crankcase seal.

Many thanks for any assistance!

Cheers,
Paul

The entire "kit" contains six pieces:

- the four rope seals pictured above

- 2 gaskets, one for each side of the oil pan.

The mystery, it seems, thickens...

Usually with the Ford seals no cutting was required. You definately don't want to cut it so that the ends are flush with the black or cap as this will not give any compression fit to the back side of the seal. I use a socket of the same OD as the OD of the crankshaft seal surface to seat the seals in the seal retainers.

It looks like by the pictures that one of the front seals is too long or one is too short. A too short seal will definately not do. Cut the excess off the long seal after it has been seated by lightly hammering it into place with the afore mentioned closely fitting OD socket. Oil the crank sealing surface good too before you lay the crank into the block and main bearings and after it is snugly in place you should be able to turn the crank with you hands.

Good luck, Zane

(ie. top rear crankcase seal, bottom rear crankcase seal, etc.)

PS - I don't plan to replace the top rear crankcase seal, the one that's got that aluminum(?) cover...