rear main seal

**zooguy** · 05-29-2014, 10:11 PM

I am going to swap transmission and torque converters on my 94 While I was taking apart I think I'm going to try and do the rear main seal. Yup it leaks... bad ... I joking call my car the Exxon Valdez ... never done a rear main seal ... how hard is it ... trans and verter will be out of the car. Will I need to drop the oil pan any?

**Spartan7** · 05-30-2014, 05:12 AM

It's very easy. You'll see 3 small pry points on the housing to pop it out, then just gently tap the new one in. No special tools needed. I used the Fel-pro one made with PTFE.

Here's my old seal removed, you can see the pry points on the housing.
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**blkchevyz** · 05-30-2014, 10:50 AM

also when you have it off check the crank for a grove where the seal sits. if it has one get a sleeve kit for it.
mine had a big grove in it

**Catmaigne** · 05-30-2014, 01:00 PM

Just pry the old one out and pop the new one in.

The felpro kit also comes with a gasket for the RMS adapter plate that goes against the block. Avoid taking that off at all costs. You'll have to lower the oil pan and spend a good amount of time awkwardly scraping the factory gasket from the back of the engine block. Mine didn't come off easy, even with the help of razor blades.

**Blackbird96WS6** · 05-30-2014, 01:00 PM

If you have the time to wait for it to ship, order it from @American-Powerhouse. The FelPro rear main seal I got from Gail included the plastic sleeve to assist with install, made it nice and easy to just tap it in.

**zooguy** · 05-30-2014, 05:49 PM

thanks guys

**zooguy** · 06-09-2014, 07:07 PM

so i really got after it yesterday and the rear main seal is fine ... turns out the back of the intake manifold leaked badly so a little rtv and that was fixed ... i also painted the intake manifold not red or silver .......