rear main seal replacement (was Re: Various topics ...)

["Gary H." <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make sure the oil is not coming from a leaking oil sender or valley cover.

For inspiration, a guy did a nice write up on a Jeep Wrangler TJ rear main seal replacement
http://dailydriventj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=811

and here is one from a 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 318:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Dodge-Repair-809/rear-main-seal.htm

If you do the job take some pictures and I'll post the repair on the 62-65 site. 

Thanks,
Gary H.

 
>Oh, and I found small traces of oil dripping down the flex plate ...
>I'm assuming that's not supposed to be there.  The afore-mentioned
>jerkball was supposed to have installed a new rear main seal ( he said
>mine was installed backwards ) ... and I just found more black
>silicone, this time oozing out from the rear main caps ... *sigh*
>
>Other than the obvious danger of having the crank fall on my head,
>would it make sense for me to bite the bullet and dis-assemble the
>lower end and install a new rear main seal?
>
>Apologies for the various topics here ... am trying to take up some of
>the slack left by Don D's vacation ... :-)
>
>Regards to all,
>Brian Safford
>'62 Dart 440 4-door / Poly 318


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