Holden 304 5ltr rope main seal

402rat, Jul 21, 11:00pm
should i replace rope seal when replacing bearings in v8!and whats the best way to do so,

patiki1, Jul 21, 11:33pm

402rat, Jul 21, 11:50pm
thanks but i still have heads on so rods make it hard to keep test fitting crank to seat rope in,,,,

jenny188, Jul 22, 5:22am
My understanding is this:modern seals can superseded the old type rope ones. So given the option, replace with new seals and not of rope ones. Seems silly (to me) to do a rebuild and not replace seals, shells etc.