i did all three 2 weeks ago on my son in laws 93 sedan. it is a simple job. even the crank seal is not that hard to replace.
if you follows these steps you should not have much trouble.
1. get good elring seals and open the packages and slather them with oil all over and then place them in the freezer over night. the cold will shrink the metal within the seals and allow you a bit more leeway when starting them in, especially the crank seal. the cam seal is dirt simple if that is your only one.
2. buy a good seal puller like this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=35556
once you get it the longer thin side of the puller may be a bit to thick to slide in and grab the seal so i suggest you use grinder or such and thin this side down by 30-50% in thickness only. do not alter the shape, only the thickness. try it out before you grind to see if it is to thick. mine was as the crank seals was like glass hard.
3. once the seal is exposed use the seal puller by sliding it in along the camshaft where the seal meets the shaft and then opening up the angle of the seal puller once you have the hook in the meat of the seal.
DO NOT GRAB THE SEAL ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SEAL AS YOU DO NOT WANT TO RISK SCRATCHING THE JOURNAL IT RIDES IN. SO OPT TO GRAB THE SEAL ONCE THE HOOK IS PRESS IN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE SEAL SO YOU HAVE SEAL MEAT ON EITHER EDGE OF THE SHARP HOOK END AND LESS CHANCE OF SCRATCHING THE BEARING SURFACES.
4. open the angle of the seal puller just enough to get the seal to unseat on one side so you can pull it out easily with your hands or needle nose. once the seal is unseated it should come out easily
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seal out, cleans everything the new seal will ride.......CLEAN
lubricate the area once with oil and be generous
go in a get the seal out of the freezer one seal at a time ONLY when you are actually ready to insert it. it should will cold and oily and will slide onto the cam shaft effortlessly. use your fingers to push it in EVENLY until you can no longer make any headway with just your fingers. then take the OLD SEAL which you should have and NOT have destroyed if you were slow and careful and place the outside edge of the old seal against over the cam shaft up against the outer edge of the new seal mostly seated. find small hammer and small piece of soft wood and tap against the old seal all the way around to seat it the rest of the way in until the new seal is flush or slightly indented into the seal carrier. the tapping is done slowly to ensure the seal is place EVENLY into the carrier.
clean up and go on to the rest of them.
the crank seal will be slightly more difficult because it is way down low and you will have to do some of the work on you back under the car or stretching down from above. it iwll seat a bit tighter in my experince than the other 2.
USE THE OLD SEALS AS A WORKING SURFACE TO PRESS OF TAP IN THE NEW SEAL. THE FIT WILL BE PERFECT FOR EVEN PRESSURE AND YOU RISK NO DAMAGE TO THE NEW SEAL FROM A HARDER MATERIAL IMPACTING THE NEW SEAL
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