He was right on the seal being bad, I'll give him that. Thing is I can only assume he made a lucky guess, which I have to say is about the same thing I would have had to do, without actually pulling the pully off the end of the crank so I could see the leak (which I did before I went any further with the repair) given the amount of oil coating the engine compartment and the location of said oil. He was however wrong as I found absolutely nothing wrong with either of the three drivelines on the machine. The only thing I found wrong other than the sewal was a bolt missing on the bottom alternator mount allowing it to vibrate. Given the way a Cummins belt setup is the belt was still tight and working, but the alternaor was just allowed to jump a bit.
That said, my biggest problem was that you can get a plain seal for a Cummins or you can get one with a repair sleeve. Given that the seal was leaking, or assumed to be at least, it stands to reason to always get the seal with the sleeve. Wether the engine still has the origional seal and no sleeve, which means the crank nose could be grooved, or wether it had been repaired before and already been sleeved, not insuring that the correct one was ordered wasn't all that smart on the guys part. Then given that you have to pull the front cover to replace the seal, and with the gasket being coated with sealer from the factory, and really narrow, getting one off without it breaking is rare. So, if you plan to change the seal, you need to have a gasket on hand. Again not a smart move on that guys part not to make sure one was ordered.
Between that and the fact he never showed back up, called, or answered any of their calls or messages to them.....Just makes you wonder if he died overnight or simply didn't care.......
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