obviously a very experienced mechanic , I just stumbled onto this video as Ive just bought an 89 chevy 2500 with a wobbling harmonic balancer that I later discovered as the timing went south great video great teaching funny guy too
You are a very detailed step by step master mechanic Others here in youtubers don't describe little details Thanks for sharing a very close video how to remove the harmonic balancer
Fantastic video. I wish everyone making car videos were as articulate as this gentleman. Gonna do my front seal as soon as the weather gets nicer. SO GLAD I WATCHED THIS VIDEO.
The commentary on this video is great! “life hurts a lot already but it hurts worse if you’re stupid” 🤣 definitely going to use that now. Also easily understandable and to the point information
Great video. A tip I will add is that you can make a slip wrench out of stuffing the serpentine belt in the box end of a large wrench then wrap it around the pulley, then use the wrench to hold it in place while you apply torque.
Excellent video! I have a 96 Blazer that the wife is giving a bad rap about oil on the drive way. I have been debating replacing this seal, and after watching you do it I have no excuse not to. After all, it is probably easier than changing the spark plugs, at least the middle one on the driver side. Thank you for this info!
Same, I have a 97 that loves marking territory so much that it would make it lose territory if it keeps on lol 😂 so I have to do this and quite a few other things after I de grease stuff and can see more of whats going on.
@thefixerofbrokenstuff definitely a good point I do want all that oil grease and grime off but you have a good point that oil runnin steady would look a lot different than the stuck old shit
As a former spanner monkey (over 20yrs ago), I’ve never seen a plastic timing cover before. Great tip on installing the seal like that too. Brought back memories. Cheers 🍻. Aaron
@Aaron Engineering I was surprised to see my timing cover on my 1997 GMC S-15 With the Vortex V-6 had a plastic timing cover. Being a motorcycle technician and machinist, I didn't see any plastic engine covers in the power sports industry. It's a way for the manufacturer to save money, but still raise the price of the vehicle. 😁
@@cliffords.8341 Hey mate, I'm with you. I had never seen plastic covers until the late 90's when GMH (Holden) over here in Australia were importing V6 Buick motors for their Australian made Commodores. They too had plastic rocker covers. Cheers, Aaron.
There's a lot of parts on a modern engine that's plastic, simply because it could not be made from stamped steel. Yes it could be made from die cast aluminum, but that would be orders of magnitude more expensive.
Had to add...I work at a Mack,Volvo,Hino,UD,Cummins Dealer. We use blue loctite on everything that Mack calls for ; which is everything lol. They rarely mention antiseize but also common place. I ALSO heard "yinz" early on the first watch and giggled to myself as I'm a Field Club boy, (Fox Chapel) n'at. Then "watch for deer" and thought...yeah, that's a PA thing.. still have family up thatta way. God bless guys. And thanks for the trick again, I get a couple deck screws ready for this weekend as I'm PRETTY sure the tools I have at work are a BIT LARGE for my little S10
Dang. That was the coolest way to pull out a seal that I've ever seen. I subscribed just because of that. I actually just came across you because I have to do a flywheel on my s10 and was gonna do the rear main seal while it's apart. I also need to do my intake gasket so I ended up buying a whole gasket kit and just figured I would do all that I can since most are seeping oil anyway and my crank seal is pretty bad aswell. Thanks for the cool tricks I hope there are more s10 videos . I have 2 and a sanoma and am always tinkering with um
There's a playlist of shake away stuff. I've got 4 S10s on the road. The best part is, if you have that many, you never have to put your wrenches away.
Just discovered my front main the other day while checking and greasing my front end. I've git 60k on a full build/ billet crank, forged bottom to top, but at this point...it's my daily lol. Thanks for the video, little less daunting. I have Zero other leaks (go figure at 60k) but wanted to hear other opinions , so yeah. Gonna go ahead and knock this one out.ps- the 4.3 marine intake solves all the "up top" issues and is relatively inexpensive to do. All the best! Cheers
A trick I found that works great for installing balancers is to put it in the oven at 250 degrees ,for 10 or 15 minutes , not hot enough to melt the seal but hot enough to make the the balancer tap on easier with a small amount of oil On the snout inside and out, try it .
Thanks for this...my Blazer is slinging oil like a baseball team spits chew during a close game...thought I'd have to pull the timing chain cover to replace the seal...this looks like less than a hour's work...any chance you can get your pinky inside when the seal is out to assess the play in the timing chain?
