how to install rear main seal with the engine on the stand

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Sep 11, 2010 | 07:40 PM

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how to install rear main seal with the engine on the stand

any ideas? i dont have a engine hoist.. it looks like thats the only way.. any other ideas? just to be clear im doing a rebuild and its the whole adapter and seal

Sep 11, 2010 | 07:59 PM

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You can wait until the engine is in the car?

Sep 11, 2010 | 08:02 PM

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can the oil pan go on without it? i thought the oil pan went of the two bolts at the back..

Sep 11, 2010 | 08:08 PM

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Spacers & longer bolts when you hang it on the stand.

Sep 11, 2010 | 08:11 PM

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Spacers & longer bolts when you hang it on the stand.

That's the only other way I could have seen it done. Too late for that though. You NEED an engine hoist.

Sep 11, 2010 | 08:13 PM

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guess im headed to harbor freight.. lol

Sep 11, 2010 | 10:27 PM

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can the oil pan go on without it? i thought the oil pan went of the two bolts at the back..

The oil pan seals to the adapter, so it has to be installed before the pan.

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Sep 12, 2010 | 08:44 AM

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... to clarify if needed, just the adapter plate for the seal has to go on before the pan. Not the actual seal.

That's what I said...the adapter. Should have been clear.

Sep 12, 2010 | 11:23 AM

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I thought the "it" in your sentence was an understood reference to mean the seal. A thousand pardons...

Sep 13, 2010 | 12:24 PM

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Just as an option....but you need 3 people....2 hold it while the 3rd loosens the bolts then lower the block so you can get to the adapter without too much struggle and tighten the bolts (u can also flip the motor and raise it with manpower)...it'll still be tight but it canbe done...definitely go buy a picker though, harbor frieght is cheap enough...

Sep 13, 2010 | 12:48 PM

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Harbor Freight is cheap but you get what you pay for. I got my hoist there and if I would lift the engine 3" off the floor, within 10 minutes it was sitting on the oil pan. They work for the occasional engine pull/install.

Sep 13, 2010 | 02:32 PM

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I did it on the stand using washers as spacers with longer bolts.

Sep 13, 2010 | 08:51 PM

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This is how I did it:

Sep 13, 2010 | 11:00 PM

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I was just about to post the same thing! Spin the engine upside down and you should have plenty of room, Just like shown in the pic above.

Sep 14, 2010 | 01:01 AM

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ill give that a shot.. seems like it can be done with one person if i just loosen the bottom two adjusters and ever so slightly the top too.. let it slide down..