Rear main seal brand preference


Gunfighter97

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Curious what y'all would use if available. I have a felpro kit for my 2.9l short block build. Has a National (made in mexistan) RMS. Only reason I'm suspicious of it is I had pulled a junkyard engine for the interim (wiped cam but oh well) it had a new clutch and a recent looking national seal that had failed and created a pretty major leak. Scum was a lot more recent than the rest of the engine.

Here's what I have:
Two different NOS Ford Made in Germany (unknown age)
Or the made in Mexico National from the Felpro kit

Any other brands I should check out? Just want to use the best thing I can get since its rather buried in there. Thanks!
Edit: to clarify I have two of the same Ford seal.
 
Ah! There IS one in the short block as well, even though it came with one in the kit. Its marked chk. Taiwanese. It's gonna come out anyhow as I need to pull that bearing cap to verify clear oil galleries in the crank and block.
 

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