Rear main seal??

The Victor seals are not a true lipped seal and are much thinner than the old Felpro lipped seal was. The Victor seals may still be available but I know for a fact that Felpro no longer produces the rubber seal.

 

quick question
what is a sneaky pete?

 

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/kdt492.html

 

A word on the Sneaky Pete...I decided to buy a similar tool, the one with the chineese finger on the end. It worked fine until the seal was almost all the way through befor it slipped...so its not slip free!! ha! Anywho i was able to drive a wood staple through the end hooking the seal in there and it worked fine. my rope seal is isntalled. like m38a1 said, it will take time and patience...busted a few knuckles cutting the ends of the seal. so far no leaks but its only been on there since yesterday so I will be driving my m38a1 around and see what happens. great tool and it beats taking the engine and crank out. worth the money

 

As timgr posted, the sneaky pete by KD Tools is the one I purchased and the chinese finger tool can work great as long as you have enough rope into the chinese fingers for it to grab. It also helps to "help" the chinese fingers by squeezing them close tight around the rope before pulling it over the crank so that it doesn't have the chance to slip out because once it goes over the crank it will be a very tight fight (even if you have loosened all your bearing caps) and this will aid in the chinese fingers holding on to the rope.

The chinese fingers are a very common tool for electricians that work in the industrial field. I was first introduced to them 13yrs ago when I was an electrician in the chemical plants. We used them for pulling wire through pipes and cable tray racks all the time.