Again, well done Day.  Thank you.
 

Definitely liked the removal.
Great info as usual.
Thanks!

Nice job on the sleeve!
Nice job on the manicure!🤪

RTM wrote:

Great job. I always wished I had the patience to make videos like this. I’m very thankful to those like yourself who do take the time to make them. They have helped me and I’m sure many others.

Glad I can help!! It's gratifying to know people are able to use what I am creating.  I am a car guy first and a business owner second so It has always been my goal to help as many people in this hobby as I can.  

I have a love hate relationship with the videos.  I enjoy the editing other then the fact that it is quite time consuming typically 2-8 hours for a 20 minute video depending on the quality of the footage I started with.   The filming on the other hand is a real pain.  When I would do How-to web pages I could work a little, stop, take a pic, work a little more take another pic and so on.  With filming thats not an option, the camera has to be set up and running while I'm working or I have to stage it after the fact (that is why I spend so much time being floating hands at the bench).  Seams like the camera is always in the way when I am trying to work AND if I am not behind the camera I have no way of knowing if what I am doing is still in the shot.  Add that to the fact that I have no desire to actually be in my videos (other than my hands) and it becomes even harder.  

Rudi wrote:

Nice job on the sleeve!
Nice job on the manicure!🤪

My finger nails grow freakishly fast!!! 😁😂

MS wrote:

Great job on the video. Your voice works great for this. However, I still cannot decide which I like best, the talking pointer, or the talking arm!

Lets face it they are both bad 😂😂
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MS wrote:

I agree your tool will work great and is the best method for anyone who might be percussion engineering challenged.

If I were you, I would drill out about 50 of them and put it on the market. The secondary selling point is it fits any small block Ford whether 289,302, 5.0 or 351w or cleveland.

Good ideas!

Not a bad idea but with all the holes, having them laser cut would probably cost me $15-$20 each then  shipping and service fees like PayPal would probably be another $15.  That doesn't leave a lot of meat on the bone.  Especially when a person could grab a piece of scrap steel and make one at the drill press in an hour or less.  In fact if you used a hot wrench to cut the large hole in the middle you could make one in less than 15 minutes.  
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Another great video!   

Just thinking along your lines of triangulation and three bolts.  If you only used 3 like you mentioned, when those bottomed out, put the short ones in the other three and then no changing the bolts out!.    But not like this is a production line, where it matters.   Just putting down what thought popped into my head when watching that.   

Its a great video, going to help lots of people.

I have installed several using the correct tool and a hammer with no problem. The Victor Reinz brands come with the tool. . 

Always apply red loctite.

10ga flat steel would be plenty thick enough to work with the bolt method.

Isn’t there a cast iron plumbing flange out there that could be drilled?  (Just random thoughts)

I use a PVC pipe fitting to install the one piece rear main seal itself.

Nos681 wrote:

What about center portion of bad flywheel or flexplate with a small doughnut tacked on?

It has to be slightly smaller correct?

A flexplate should work, no modifications required BUT might be hard to see the sleeve well enough to confirm it’s going on straight. Cut one apart and you have a ready made tool.

I have a couple of extra flexplates from Explorers.  I don’t know why it never occurred to me to use one for a tool.  I learn new stuff on this forum all the time!