I had to replace the rear main seal on my old L18 (in my 1600). Did it in
the car. Bit of work but I fixed it O.K. Remove gearbox, clutch, flywheel.
Depending how lucky you are, you might be able to pull the seal out. I
could n't get into it, so I had to drop the sump, loosen the bearing cap,
then pulled the seal out. Put new seal on, torque up bearing cap, put sump
back on, then flywheel, clutch, gearbox etc. Good as new. All that work for
a eight buck seal.
Wardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Piggott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: rear main
> hey list,
>
> Ive got a sneaking suspicion that my main seal is gone as well, i just
> recently put an old l20b in from an old stanza that i use to drive, yet i
> put in a gearbox that originally came with this engine when i bought it
but
> i have not put it on till just recently, its a 5 speed but thats all i
know.
> It seems to pool large amounts of oil on the floor near to where the gear
> box and block met, does this sound like the seal. Ive checked all the
bolts
> and shit and they all seem tight so i don't think it's just a loose or
> sloppy connection.
>
> Also i noticed that there were two very diff posts to the original, one
> saying with a hoist u can do it pretty easy the other saying to take out
the
> whole thing. My question- with out the hoist is only a bitch due to the
> amount of room u have, (i have ramps and stands), or will i need to do the
> full removal (please no hehe).
>
> I am coming up to a period where i should be able to work on it so any
help
> would be appreciated.
> TIA
> Cheers
> ps sorry about the 'me too' post
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