Leaking front seal
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Leaking front seal
Winter has hit, and my front oil seal has started leaking! Is this a hard item to change? Somebody said pull the engine to do it? Any body got a good repair manual on these old trucks? Mine is a crudy manual that shows all about the gas version, but hardly crap about the diesel. Truck is a 95 F350 4x4 7.3. Also having some starting issues, so a diesel manual would help with this. Thanks fellas.
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Front seal as in the from crank shaft seal?
Remove belt
remover harmonic balancer
remove LPOP cover(Four 10mm bolts)
remove seal
Reverse for install. About a 2 hour job if you have several beer brakes
Remove belt
remover harmonic balancer
remove LPOP cover(Four 10mm bolts)
remove seal
Reverse for install. About a 2 hour job if you have several beer brakes
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sorry, Brad - I couldn't help myself!!
on a more constructive note - is the special installer tool stated in the manual actually required, or will a dull punch (or similar) work fine if used carefully?
mmmmm, beer brakes...
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is that all it is? is it the rear seal that needs a tool? I've never done one, but have one on the to-do list (though I forget if its the front or rear leaking now) and I thought I remembered reading about a seal driver tool in the manual...
maybe it was one too many beer brakes that day and I imagined it.
(and c'mon, that beer brake typo was funny! ...at least the funniest thing I've read today on this boring Monday)
maybe it was one too many beer brakes that day and I imagined it.
(and c'mon, that beer brake typo was funny! ...at least the funniest thing I've read today on this boring Monday)
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is that all it is? is it the rear seal that needs a tool? I've never done one, but have one on the to-do list (though I forget if its the front or rear leaking now) and I thought I remembered reading about a seal driver tool in the manual...
maybe it was one too many beer brakes that day and I imagined it.
(and c'mon, that beer brake typo was funny! ...at least the funniest thing I've read today on this boring Monday)
maybe it was one too many beer brakes that day and I imagined it.
(and c'mon, that beer brake typo was funny! ...at least the funniest thing I've read today on this boring Monday)
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Seal Puller
or use a screw driver to pry it out if you have no room for it.
I have not done this specific job but the harbor freight tool worked really well on my tranny seal on my BMW.
Richard
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Hammer and punch
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