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    rear main seal q's

    What's the process of replacing the rear main seal after the transmission is dropped? Is it a good idea to do the rear main on a 180K mile engine if the trans is coming out anyway?
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    yes do itt!!!!

    once you remove the flywheel (mark the bolt holes) I think you can just pry it out with a pick and tap the new one in with a piece of pipe or something to drive it in evenly, like a hub seal
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      FWIW: I had to use a pair of sharp wood screws and screw them into the seal (BE VERY CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T MARK THE SURFACE) and then use two pairs of pliers/Vice Grips and pull it out. Mine (Mustang) didn't want to come out very easily.
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        Originally posted by monterey1962
        What's the process of replacing the rear main seal after the transmission is dropped? Is it a good idea to do the rear main on a 180K mile engine if the trans is coming out anyway?
        yeah what pete said I need to do mine evently

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          Thanks, guys. Will be sure to have it done when the time comes.

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            Originally posted by 85crownHPP*
            yes do itt!!!!

            once you remove the flywheel (mark the bolt holes) I think you can just pry it out with a pick and tap the new one in with a piece of pipe or something to drive it in evenly, like a hub seal
            No need to mark the holes, the holes are drilled in such a way in that it is nearly impossible to reinstall it wrong.
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