Guys once on hoist and g/box/flywheel off it takes 5 minutes to pry old seal out
and tap new one in I did my daughters R30 L24 when I converted it from man to
auto ITs a prick of a job lying on your back If you want it done and your in Vic
come on down and well see how quick it can be done if its got a Borg warner
gearbox it takes longer as the shift is a dog
Peter
Richard Clough wrote:
> Mark's description of his experience reaffirms my belief that pulling the
> engine out is the easiest way to do the rear seal. Think about "dropping the
> sump" with the engine still installed!
>
> After you have done an "engine out" two or three times you can get it down
> to under 1 hour removal and less to reinstall it, as you already have all
> the right tools out.
>
> Luke and I did an engine swap on his 1600 in less than three hours drive in,
> drive out, on one Christmas eve. This included switching from an EFI engine
> to a carby L18.
>
> I keep a spare fully assembled engine ready to swap into either of my kids
> cars overnight, to keep them on the road. You can then rebuild the dud
> motor at your leisure.
>
> Unfortunately my 2 kids drive totally different cars and it means 2 spare
> engines rather than one. (The other one is a Mazda and I cant believe how
> stuffed they get, compared to a similar Kms. L series engine)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2000 21:20 PM
> Subject: Re: rear main
>
> > 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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> > >
> >
>
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