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Man, I did look at this exact thing when looking up parts numbers. I suspected that this might be possible but I couldn't find someone with another knowledge to be ale to confirm this. I do like this route as it feels like it would be a lot more forgiving for backyard mechanics like me. hmmm, Bursons didn't even give me the option of genuine ford. I wonder if a ford dealer could track this down for me, or who the manufacturer of the genuine one is. We'll there you go, something I missed. Mine is a graphite impregnated rope seal and was very rigid out of the packet. Not one video I watched mentioned oil bathing the graphite rope seals, and neither did it make sense to me that it would be needed (given the graphite). I have to pull the crank again anyway so I am going to have a play with this and see if I can make it fit better so that I know what I did was wrong. I think either genuine ford or possibly or even solid two piece from a Windsor will be the end fix. First time around I completely assembled the bottom end and was in the torqueing sequence for mains and concord caps before I realised I had messed up (I couldn't rotate the engine to torque down some of the conrod caps). I guess these are the things you learn the hard way when you have no qualified training and start messing with things before to your time. Thank you all very much for your input. I'll let you know how I fair and what ends up doing the trick for me.

Maybe I am just crap at the search function. Point me in the right direction if a post already exists. I'll preface this by saying I am a weekend warrior not a mechanic. I am having a nightmare of a time trying to reassemble the bottom end of my 80DA block crossflow. Specifically the rear main rope seal. I have tried twice and cannot get it to seat properly. I have followed the install instructions, watched a bunch of youtube videos etc. and I am sure I have done everything right, but as soon as I torque down rear mains cap the cranks seizes on it. It's still possible that with all my research I have missed something and haven't installed correctly. To me It seems far too thick. I was super sceptical when I pulled the things out of the packet. I bought and am trying to use a Permaseal HN055 From Bursons. From the wisdom of YouTube I am thinking that I need a different brand of rope seal that is a higher quality and better fit. A dude building 265 valiant motors sold me on this thought. He showed in a video that some brands of rope seal were plain useless for the 265's. Originally I had to replace the sump gasket and clutch, and thought, you know what, I am going to do all the seals while I am at it, new bearings, Crow cam timing chain set, new water pump, new hoses, new everything that can fail me. Feeling a bit of defeat and regret in this endeavour. Can anyone lay any wisdom on me, as I really want to get the engine back in the car and driving. P.S. To add to the insult the mains bearings came with two top side bearings on the 4th main (the one with the girdle) instead of a top and bottom, so I have to package them back up and post them back so they can replace the set.