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Series 5 gearbox rear cover oil seal
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You can pop the seal out without removing the trans from the car. I use a seal puller but you can use a screw driver to pry the old seal out. Some of the trans had a snap ring holding the seal so check to see if your trans has it. Once the old seal is out tap the new one in.
You can pop the seal out without removing the trans from the car. I use a seal puller but you can use a screw driver to pry the old seal out. Some of the trans had a snap ring holding the seal so check to see if your trans has it. Once the old seal is out tap the new one in.
rixter
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It was no picnic when I did this with the tranny in the car. The seal was not that easy to remove and the tunnel makes things challenging. I ended up poking a hole in the seal to enable it to be hooked/grabbed. My Series IV motor had the retaining ring. Wanting to make sure I didn't tweak the new seal on installation, I used a common technique of tapping in with a large socket. But I had to find a way to extend the "tool" out to where I could tap it.
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Rick
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Rick
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If you do, also loosen the motor mounts to take some of the tension off the rubber.
Stephen
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alpiner
While still in the car through the tunnel I used Matco 3 piece seal puller middle size dug out the seal, then with a long thin screwdriver collapsed the outer seal with a twist opened it enough to garb it with small long nose vise grips came right out
Installing the seal I cleaned end of trans with qutip then used silicone grease set seal about half way by hand, then tapped it flush with 1.5 socket with extension bar then using cut off piece of 1.75 exhaust pipe about 1 inch taped to the socket tapped it in all the way. worked great this is for overdrive trans
good luck
Stephen
While still in the car through the tunnel I used Matco 3 piece seal puller middle size dug out the seal, then with a long thin screwdriver collapsed the outer seal with a twist opened it enough to garb it with small long nose vise grips came right out
Installing the seal I cleaned end of trans with qutip then used silicone grease set seal about half way by hand, then tapped it flush with 1.5 socket with extension bar then using cut off piece of 1.75 exhaust pipe about 1 inch taped to the socket tapped it in all the way. worked great this is for overdrive trans
good luck
Stephen
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