Got one of those Victor Reinz seal kits, thought I'd replace the seals that are inexcessible while the motors out and on the stand. Never done this before...

How the hell are you suppose to tell what seal goes where? I realize that there is some expectation from the manufacturer that if you bought a seal set, you kinda sorta know what your doing. It would be somewhat easy to match pieces up as I take them off, but how do I know the DAPO put all the right pieces in to begin with?

This DACO needs help. Where do I find it?

Kev

Kevin what are you looking to reseal?

push rod tubes seals should be self explanatory

front and rear main seals are not in the kit

oil cooler seals are mushroom shaped/ but you will no what they look like when you pull it off.

Do you own a repair manual?

George,
I guess I never could tell where my leak was coming from so I figured I'd just replace everything while it was "easy". I replaced the oil cooler seals, no problem. I guess I was looking for the distributor shaft seal but couldn't tell if it was actually in the kit. The kit has two different pushrod tube seals, I think green and black, hopefully I'll be able to tell which goes where when/if I pull the old ones. Doesn't look like its leaking from the tube seals so not sure I should mess with it.

The kit has a few of copper washers that I haven't got a clue if I should even worry about.

Kev

Yup, Chilton and Clymer...Do you? Don't know about yours but neither are any help with identifying seals. I guess I was hoping someone would say I got robbed on my kit cuz there is suppose to be a parts list that describes each part.

Kev

Here's the contents of a typical kit. Anybody up to making a list of what fits where?

Where's the Cap'n?

this is what i can identify. some pix are too small to see for positive id

A valve cover gaskets
B exhaust head to heat exchangers
C oil filler
D taco plate
E exhaust heat exchangers to muffler
F flywheel
G push rod tubes
H push rod tubes
I oil filter tower
J
K
L
M
N
O distributor seal
P oil pickup tube seal
Q oil cooler seals
R
S
T
U
V
W flywheel washer
X oil pump gasket
Y
Z cylinder base gaskets
AA cylinder to head gasket 2.0
BB cylinder to head gasket 1.7?
CC exhaust 1.7?
DD
EE intake
FF "vibration" assembly dampers on case thru bolts

Not sure what motor you have, but here is the list of things that I replace when its out.

The first section is all about oil and vacuum leaks.
Most important are the oil filler cover gaskets, base gasket, and o-ring (ljet had the o-ring)

Push rod tube seals
Oil cooler seals
F/R main seals
Flywheel
Oil filler cover gasket (s) Djet has one...Ljet has two
Oil filler base gasket
Oil pressure sensor gasket (copper washer) and rubber boot
Valve cover gaskets
Distributor o-ring

Optional
Intake manifold gaskets....its head---gasket---spacer---gasket--manifold
Exhaust gaskets (copper oval washers)
Rear exhaust gaskets

The rest of the gaskets require some motor disassembly.
If these are leaking, you need to do machine work to get the parts correct for the new gaskets.
Cylinder base shims.
Head gaskets (an open debate)
Oil pump gasket

Rich

Could the copper washers marked "T" be for the taco plate?

what the hell are CC and DD?

could they be for the 75'-76' style heat exhangers/stub pipes? like items in groups of 4.