So the seal is in place, for better or worse. The upper half seemed pretty well pressed into the groove. The half seal in the cap not as good. I formed it over the crankshaft a bit like Joe describes, but I used clamps to press the cap into place, then removed the cap, reformed it, pressed again, the whole process quite a few times. The pictures show a bit. Using the two bolts and a crowbar I was able to keep the crank turning ok. It seems ok now. I can't imagine how I have done this two or three times lying on my back under the the beast with the crank in place. One remark, probably best in another thread, is how the heck does one keep metal shavings caused by the lockwashers from falling into the somewhat clean block while torquing and untorquing the caps during the plastigage process? I suppose the best would be to temporarily replace the lock washers with other washers during the process, but I have never heard anyone recommend this.
Karl
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