I had the filter left over from my 2.5, honestly when I changed the oil on the 2.8 I just took a chance on it, reached up and it screwed right on after looking at the one I pulled off

I think I may try one of those circulating tank heaters from Temro, or maybe one of the lower rad hose ones, have not decided yet.

My brother got both the seals from ebay UK. The only reason was since it was advertised as having instructions on how to do the seal the "EASY WAY". I saved my old one so I can go match it up here since I am sure they should be easy to come by. As for the instructions that came with it, no matter how basic and simple they were (one sheet of paper with 3 pics and about 10 lines of explanation)it was actually very, very helpful the first time. A good 4-5 hour job working in my garage at home. The only special tools someone may need is a gear puller to get the pump gear off and to get to the seal and I had to fashion a screwdriver with a small kinda hook with a dremal to pull the old seal out. Both times by following the basic directions we did not have to retime the pump, went right back to were they were before they were removed.Both started right back up without a problem. I WOULD however, If I new someone here in Edmonton that could actually properly set the pump timing and properly tune these things ( like I believe CVI in Richmond) get this done afterwards.

When I have a chance one day I will see if I can get the part number for the seal here and post the instructions I got. I wouldn't be surprised if there won't be alot of seal replacing going on most of these 2.8 coming in.