Subject: Re: How much trouble is it to change the front cover gasket?
Author: Don Ivey
Date: Mar 17, 2001, 5:49 PM
Post ID: 1705917998
On 15 Mar 2001, at 9:41, Rich Zink wrote:
| ============================================================ Tupperware March Madness Sale! 50% Off top-selling Tupperware Sets on orders $40 or more placed by 3/25/01! http://click.topica.com/aaabzzb1dfltb1pDTSa/tupperware ============================================================ I have a leaky front cover gasket on my Ambassador. Changing it is going to be my next maintenance chore. Is it fairly straight forward or are there some gotchas? Looks like it is just drain the oil, pull the generator belt pully, undo the bolts remove the cover, replace the gasket and reverse. Might as well replace the seal while I have it off. What is torque value on the pully nut? Any hints or tricks before I dig in would be appreciated. Thanks, Rich |
The pulley nut can be a bear. I had to fabricate a holder by drilling
a couple of small holes in a piece of steel plate that would line up
with two of the three small studs around the large pulley nut.
These allowed me to use the plate as an obstruction to keep the
crankshaft from turning as I turned the pulley bolt. Used it again
when retightening the bolt. Not hard to fabricate, and then you
never need another. Good luck,
Don Ivey
'71 Ambo
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