Your bearings could be worn causing the crank to drop and therefore causing
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.

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"QuickTruck" <QuickTruck@Aol.Com> wrote in message
news:1112708848.042044.216260@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hey Everyone,
> After i finahlly got the last project done, i fired up the '82
> Scrambler to get it out of the garage. Now the 360's rear main seal
> that was a slow leak turned into a gusher. So last night i dropped the
> starter, oil pan and bearing cap. Replaced the thing and had oil back
> in it in under two hours. Refill with oil.... still leaks. Not as
> bad, but still pisses me off! What am i doing wrong? I coated both
> halves with oil, the rest seems pretty no-brainer. I'm covered there
> ;) It's definately the seal, not the pan. I took off the access cover
> to the Torqflight 727, and it's dripping inside the plate, not down the
> front outside (if that makes any sense).
>
> Thanks,
> Don W
>

 

Your bearings could be worn causing the crank to drop and therefore causing
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.

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"QuickTruck" <QuickTruck@Aol.Com> wrote in message
news:1112708848.042044.216260@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hey Everyone,
> After i finahlly got the last project done, i fired up the '82
> Scrambler to get it out of the garage. Now the 360's rear main seal
> that was a slow leak turned into a gusher. So last night i dropped the
> starter, oil pan and bearing cap. Replaced the thing and had oil back
> in it in under two hours. Refill with oil.... still leaks. Not as
> bad, but still pisses me off! What am i doing wrong? I coated both
> halves with oil, the rest seems pretty no-brainer. I'm covered there
> ;) It's definately the seal, not the pan. I took off the access cover
> to the Torqflight 727, and it's dripping inside the plate, not down the
> front outside (if that makes any sense).
>
> Thanks,
> Don W
>

 

Your bearings could be worn causing the crank to drop and therefore causing
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.

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"QuickTruck" <QuickTruck@Aol.Com> wrote in message
news:1112708848.042044.216260@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hey Everyone,
> After i finahlly got the last project done, i fired up the '82
> Scrambler to get it out of the garage. Now the 360's rear main seal
> that was a slow leak turned into a gusher. So last night i dropped the
> starter, oil pan and bearing cap. Replaced the thing and had oil back
> in it in under two hours. Refill with oil.... still leaks. Not as
> bad, but still pisses me off! What am i doing wrong? I coated both
> halves with oil, the rest seems pretty no-brainer. I'm covered there
> ;) It's definately the seal, not the pan. I took off the access cover
> to the Torqflight 727, and it's dripping inside the plate, not down the
> front outside (if that makes any sense).
>
> Thanks,
> Don W
>

 

And you might have a bad PCV valve causing excessive blowby. This might
push the oil out of that seal.
Well it might happen.
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later,
dave AKA vwdoc1
88 GW

 

And you might have a bad PCV valve causing excessive blowby. This might
push the oil out of that seal.
Well it might happen.
--
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1
88 GW

 

And you might have a bad PCV valve causing excessive blowby. This might
push the oil out of that seal.
Well it might happen.
--
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1
88 GW

 

And you might have a bad PCV valve causing excessive blowby. This might
push the oil out of that seal.
Well it might happen.
--
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1
88 GW