Drip, drip, drip... NEED HELP WITH FRONT OIL SEAL

[Gliderman8]

Update....
I picked up the timing cover seal today. It looks more substantial than the one I put in when I rebuilt the engine.
Must be a mistake... box says "Made in USA"

 

[atgordon]

In the good old days, Speedi-Sleeves were cheaper than a new spacer ... now it is a lot cheaper to replace the sleeve with a new one. The TRF oil seal that I have appears to be a double lip type (there are lips facing both directions), which is quite common for crankshaft seals. However, it can be a real pain refitting the crank spacer without turning the facing edge of the seal. There are a number of tricks used to ensure the seal is seated without damage. If the timing cover is off the engine, you can use a tapered shot glass that has the same major dia as the crank spacer: oil the glass and push the small diameter through the seal from the outside. Fit the taper of the sleeve into the lip of shot glass and gently push the spacer and glass as a unit until the sleeve protrudes through the seal of the timing cover. The shot glass will pop out of the seal so carry out the operation over something to catch it! With care, the cover and the sleeve can be refitted to the crank as an assembly. Now the shot glass can be used for its usual purpose after cleaning!

Thanks for all of the helpful tips. I do know that there is a redi-sleeve that fits the oil sleeve just behind the crank pulley. Why not just replace the oil sleeve(the one with the chamfered leading edge) with a new one? The redi-sleeve costs about $50 and a new oil sleeve is less than $20... what am I missing?
I will probably end up doing the front sealing block at the same time.