Refurbished a factory timing cover, installed a new seal, and gave it a nice coat of paint. When you use a Ford Racing one piece fuel pump eccentric, they often get close to the timing cover and there are some factory ribs that can interfere. I ground them off...
I install the timing covers with a special tool that centers it on the crankshaft. The tool is quite handy...it fits the seal bore on an FE with one end, and the seal bore on a SBF with the other. Some guys use the balancer spacer to align the cover. Nothing wrong with that at all, I've just found this way to be easier for me.
Timing cover, fuel pump, and harmonic balancer installed.
Oil pump pickup clearance checked, Moroso
oil pan installed.
