AMC V8 rear main seal
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Re: AMC V8 rear main seal
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
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> 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
>
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.
--
"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
>
#12
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Re: AMC V8 rear main seal
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.
--
"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
>
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.
--
"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
>
#13
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Re: AMC V8 rear main seal
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.
--
"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
>
the rear seal to leak. I'm diagnosing the same problem in mine right now.
--
"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
>
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