In this 19 minute instructional video, Kent takes an old 1970 280SE engine in the back of his shop and pulls the harmonic balancer off the front of the engine, removes the old seal, uses his custom-built puller to remove to seal race, and then shows you how to use the tools in his seal replacement kit to easily and successfully install a new crank seal back into the engine.
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To do this job in your car you will need to remove the engine fan, V belts, and radiator to gain access to the front of the engine to perform his job. Those procedures are straightforward and are NOT covered in this video.
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