You can lay the cover on a bench, and drive out the seal with a punch. To install the new seal, go purchase a seal driver set.
10 Piece Bearing Race and Seal Driver Set

and apply a very little amount of grease on the circumference of the seal, and the inner rubber and carefully drive it in. If you can not find a seal kit, then you can use a piece of wood, but be careful or you will damage the seal. You are probably going to wash the cover in a parts washer and dry it with air, then paint the outside a nice shade of blue, or chrome...I job well done is appreciated by all.

 

A big socket is great for removing/installing the seal ,you will also need a harmonic balancer puller , you can get them cheap at autozone .
don't forget to put some oil on the seal /crankshaft , i've seen them rip from being dry started . then you get to do it again .

 

timing set should be here tomorrow painted the cover and front engine mount while i'm waiting for it to get here got the old front seal out by using a screwdriver and a hammer to pound it out came out without having anything messing up waiting for paint to dry to install new seal i may try to buy a seal driver thanks for the tips on giving it a small amount of lube when installing i lined up the timing marks like yous said does this look right? now just pull these off and install the new with the dots lined up like these?

 

You should turn the crank a hair more to line up the points exactly. Yes, it looks like you are doing a great job.

 

got my new timing set have a question before installing the crank sprocket has 3 makings a circle triangle and rectangle which should i line up with the cam sprocket should i use the 2 circles? heres a pic of it in the box is these the marks how i should put it on my moror just as it sits in the box?

 

Yes you have it correct... Line up the circles. The triangle is 4 degrees advanced and the square is 4 degrees retarded.

 

Thanks for the help when it comes to timing and carbs I'm learning as I go if I have any more questions ill ask also ill post some pics of it when im done just waiting on my motor mounts now and I can put it in should be here soon

 

You are welcome. There are many on this website that could help you on your questions. I am not a FE guru, and have learned from others. Unfortunately, some of the high performance guru's like Barry and Maxtor and others do not post here anymore. I learned a ton from them, and am still learning. You can play it forward and teach others the things you learn.

 

got the rest of my parts now i can get this thing back together got the new timing set on and about to put the cover on took a pic of the new set on and wanted to make sure everythings right or if i should do anything else while the cover is off also i took a pic of the old worn out set check out the grooves in the sprockets.

 

those grooves are deep , i've seen loose chauns but never deep grooves in the gears .

 

Yes it looks good. Did you remember to put loctite on the cam retaining bolt?
The ware on the gears is normal for a very high mileage fe. Where is your oil slinger? Running a FE without one could cause those deep grooves even at low mileage.

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I have the oil slinger and put it on after the pic just kept it off to show the new set I'm wondering if the wear on the gears could be insufficient oiling?

 

I was going to say the same about the oil slinger should be on the snout of that crank right in front ot the bottom gear.

 

If the snout behind the balancer has grooves worn in it from the crank seal check out a repair sleeve.

 

got the timing cover on just need to change clutches and bellhousings so i can drop the motor in my truck ill do this today hope i can get it in today ill take some pics when i get that far