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 Post subject: Rear main seal installation
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:30 am 
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Hey, I'm having a bit of trouble installing the rear main seal on my EL V8. Tried gently tapping it evenly on both sides with a hammer, and the seal just breaks apart. I've put a bit of grease on the seal too. I've successfully done it this way on a 6 cylinder and it's worked fine. What am I doing wrong? I don't want to invest in the special tool that it says to use in the max ellery's if I can get away without it.

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 Post subject: Re: Rear main seal installation
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 11:43 am 
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bump.....gonna give this a go today
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 Post subject: Re: Rear main seal installation
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 3:41 pm 
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It should just tap in. unless there are parts of the old seal in there getting in the way.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Rear main seal installation
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 7:55 pm 
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Mine slid in with even pressure on 4 points and a thin film of oil. I used my hands.

 

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