oil slingers

[wrench87]

does the ford fe use a oil slinger on the crankshaft?, is it needed if so where can you purchase one?

[Woodz428]

Yes they do. From the course of some of your posts/questions, might I suggest that you go to a local junk yard and purchase a dead FE from a truck and many of the items that you have been asking about will all be in one package. You can also see how they are assembled while taking one apart. I make this suggestion as someone that has 30+ years in building FE engines, with the amount you have tied into some of the parts it isn't probably a job for an FE novice, which you sound to be.

[wrench87]

yes it is my first fe , but not first engine. this is a forum i like to ask the questions to get opinions and answersi dont like to use used parts but i am finding out a lot of the stuff is not available new. the only thing i had questions left on was the cam eccentric and the oil slinger, i think i have just about every thing else. my 342 was my first ford engine so i dont have experience in fords, but i dont appreciate being insulted on a forum.
what is that saying there are no stupid questions.

[blykins]

I just used an old oil slinger. It's just a piece of thin metal...nothing really special about it. I'd just grab a clean one off of Ebay. Maybe you can find a place that has the oil slinger and spacer together.

[byron w]

Hey,

Woodzs knows most all of it, you can learn a lot from him. I realized my 40 plus years with Ford and FE's means I never saw and did what I did.

Byron

[philminotti]

wrench-

Two good places to get all the little odds-n-ends are ebay and DSC motorsports. (www.dscmotorsports.com)

Also, no insult intended, but if you haven't purchased and damn near memorized Steve Christ's book yet, you really should.

JMO.
phil

[c6ae]

The original seal material for the FE was leather…
To keep from flooding the seal beyond it’s capabilities the slinger helped.
(It wasn’t perfect, they still wept a bit)

With modern seal design and materials the slinger is no longer really necessary, modern seals can handle it.
Having said that I still use the slinger out of habit – LOL
I have seen more than one that went together without it, no problems.