Re: Ticking Noise in 1953 327 eight

Posted by fred kanter On 2010/11/16 23:48:56

On the front seal "problem"

I have owned many straight 8's with well over 100,000 miles and while I of course did not own them from new I have enough experience to know that the front seal is not a chronic problem. The identical seal was used by Pontiac from 1933 to 1954 I believe, by Packard 1935-1954 and Cadillac 1937-1948. That's about 50 model years of use and I can assure you that if it were a chronic problem it would have surfaced during those years . It is a simple design not prone to failure.

One "solution" proposed here by Turbopacman seems mainly inspired so as not to pay 3 times the price to a Packard vendor than an auto parts store seal would cost. Seems awfully complicated way, making a ring,precision welding it to the timing cover, enlarging the hole etc etc to save $15. Well beyond the ability of most DIY Packard owners

Calling it a terrible sealing system without supporting information doesn't make it terrible. A modern seal....is it to give better sealing or just another "talking point"?

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ