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This write up is for changing the rear main oil seal. As you can see mine was leaking, not all that... | 
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This is from sitting about 2 days, maybe a little bit less. | 
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The first thing you have to do is drain all the tranny fluid. I would say you don’t HAVE to do this... | 
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This is what the inside of the pan should look like, if you have big particles or pieces get your ch... | 
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Make sure you take the magnet out and clean it before you put the pan back on, mine wasn’t too dirty... |
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The black thing with the spout is the filter it just pulls off. Be ready for more fluid to come out... | 
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This is one of those parts I always get from Ford. (The tranny filter that is) I also use Royal Pur... | 
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This is what is looks like with out the filter, now all you need do is put it back on and bolt up th... | 
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Now that she’s empty with the pan back on you can drain the torque converter. | 
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Take off the little plastic cover and rotate the engine until the drain screw is right here. I just... |
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It holds about 4 quarts and it takes a long time for all of it to drain, so have a beer. | 
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With all the fluid out its time to start disconnecting things, like both of the tranny cooler lines.... | 
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They are both on the passenger side this is the one towards the front close to the exhaust.
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Now unbolt the starter, you can just set it on the exhaust or something, just as long as it doesn’t ... | 
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Now just gently pull the kick down rod off the linkage, no need to un-bolt anything. |
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You can just let it hang | 
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Next disconnect the front drive shaft. Make sure to be careful with the bearing caps if you are reu... | 
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If your bronco suffers from the notorious “thunk” this is a good time to lube your shaft, if there i... | 
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Next peel back your carpet, if you have it to get access to the tranny access panel. Yours prolly w... | 
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By taking the cover off you get access to these 2 bolts which hold the tranny to the engine. I gues... |
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Make sure you disconnect this wiring harness on the transfer case, there are 2 other plugs on the tr... | 
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At this point I was taking the tranny out for the first time using a method I DO NOT recommend, I wi... | 
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A mechanic friend of mine suggested I simply by longer bolts and use them to slide the tranny back i... | 
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Now it wasn’t easy to pull the tranny this far back, I ended up using a ratcheting strap, it was a b... | 
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Take all the bolts out accept one and then loosen it slowly until it comes off, make sure you have a... |
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Make sure you mark it so you know which way it goes back in, you can see the black marks I made on m... | 
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This is what your torque converter looks like, if you wondered. | 
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OK, now you have the rear main in sight, this is where things turned for the worst. I tried to pry ... | 
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At this point I knew I needed to remove the tranny. All my friends are loosers and refused to help ... | 
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Ok, so now with the tranny out of the way I pried the rear main out with a screw driver easily. Be ... |
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I tried to get a pic of the scratch but the angle and such made it impossible. At this point I call... | 
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So I bought this cost me $50.00 I about crapped my pants because it’s basically a little piece of st... | 
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It comes with a little cup thing and you place it over the sleeve and the crank and hammer it on. T... | 
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Be VERY careful cause one slip and repair sleeve is toast, and I don’t even want to think about taki... | 
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OK, so now the Teflon sleeve……It said in the directions “not recommended for use with repair sleeve”... |
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Now I smacked it pretty darn hard to get it on. I used the old seal turned around so I could smack ... | 
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Finally got it on and got all excited to put everything back together. Tanny installation is the sa... | 
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Now for a seal comparison. This is the old seal, nasty and leaky. | 
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These are both new seals from NAPA (I discovered the NAPA Teflon and the Felpro one from advance are... | 
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Upon a closer examination I found the rubber one is tensioned to the crank by a spring because the r... |
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So I did it all over again and put the rubber one on. Went on much easier. After I put it all back... | | | | |
Rear Main Seal Change