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I hope you all get some shiney new tools this Christmas.

I think that was to get it all to expand so the center will go into the bearing.

Hmmm I wonder how the bearing seals like being heated to 450F for 45 minutes.

Dip stick tube?

That's about a $10 seal.
It'sa pain to change and you'll need a new timing belt too.
That's the way I'd go.
Could have alot to do with your smokeyness.

Yep if the I-shaft bearings are so bad they allow the I-shaft to move around and destroy your new seal.. You've got bigger problems than a leaky seal. Usually those bearings have chunks fall off. They don't just wear thinner. This doesn't lead to the shaft moving around, so the seal won't be hurt. A...

69 doublecab, You live less than an hour and a half down the road from me and I have to agree with you. Finding out what is right, helps you figure out what is wrong. Testing the injectors for spray pattern and breaking pressure is the only way to tell if they are good. You can't tell by looking at ...

It sounds like the timing is retarded.
Maybe one bad glow plug.

I lost alot of topics when the site fell. Here's a few but I'll have to build this post back up. How to change the o-ring around the high pressure end of the injection pump: Andrew (libbybapa) tried it on the bench and found a way to swap this fat o-ring while the pump is still on the car. Big time ...