1937 crank pulley seal?

[Solo_909]

Originally Posted by Russ/40

You don't need a cherry picker. You can jack up the engine front, block it up under the water pumps and the pan can be dropped. The crankshaft has to be rotated to get the counterweight out of the way. I have done it several times. You then can remove the front cover, and properly replace both seal halves.

Good thinking! I just purchased some rope seals to see if I can slide the bottom one into place before taking everything apart.

[cas3]

i cant imagine not being able to lift an engine at home! heres what i got, easy, you can do it. that lifting eye is screwed into a piece of heavy wall pipe, that is welded to a piece of 2" angle iron that sits on top of the roof truss. then screwed to the top side of the same heavy pipe is two pieces of electrical conduit in the shape of a V that tie into the two trusses on either side of the one with the lifting eye. its about 10 dollars worth of stuff and an hour to make. strong enough to do a motor and tranny, and has not even cracked the sheet rock so that tells me its strong enough. i have 3 in different locations in the room and really would like some more. you will use it for other things, so not a waste of time. Russ has a good idea too, but you will use this more than once! good luck on your project

[Solo_909]

So a little update, I ended up buying rope seals and found a NOS 33-38 crank pulley. I really didn’t feel like doing all the extra work to drop the oil pan. I was able to get the rope seal to sit properly in the bottom oil pan well and have been oiling it daily before I put everything back together. We will see if everything works out ����

[Russ/40]

Good for you! I never tried it without lowering the pan. Good luck and keep us informed of the result.

[JSeery]

Be interesting to see if this works.

[Solo_909]

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Okay so I finally got a NOS 37 pulley that fits right and has the groove cut into it. My question is does the oil pan gasket go in between the upper and lower rope seals? Or should the upper and lower rope seals touch?

[B-O-B]

If I remember the gasket butts up to the rope & silicon is your friend. Just a dab will do ya

[Solo_909]

Originally Posted by B-O-B

If I remember the gasket butts up to the rope & silicon is your friend. Just a dab will do ya

What do you mean by butts up to it?

[Solo_909]

Update, so I finally got everything back together without removing the oil pan. Ran it a few times today and so far no leaks. I ended up finding a nos crank pulley with the groves in it and it fits really snug so I’m hoping everything is good to go. And they said you can’t replace the rope seals and pulley without dropping the pan haha.