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Rear main seal on 134 cid

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by modadds, Sep 15, 2015.

  1. modadds

    modadds New Member

    Has anyone removed the rear main seal on the 4 cylinder while still in the jeep? Is there a trick to removing the top half of the seal , without removing the whole engine?
    Mike Wedin
    Sweetwater, TX
     
    modadds, Sep 15, 2015
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  2. PeteL

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    PeteL, Sep 15, 2015
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  3. tcfeet

    tcfeet Member

    F head or L head,?? I just replaced mine in the F head. Didn't need a sneaky pete. It has
    the two piece seal with neoprene plugs. Did it with the engine in the jeep..
    If you have a rope seal, the sneaky pete is your friend..
     
    tcfeet, Sep 15, 2015
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  4. modadds

    modadds New Member

    It is a F- head and the top part of the seal has not budged at all.
     
    modadds, Sep 16, 2015
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  5. tcfeet

    tcfeet Member

    There might be a thin metal portion of the seal that you can tap lightly with a small punch. That is what I did. Once it moves slightly,
    it rolled right out. It was on the rear-most part of the seal {toward the flywheel}.
     
    tcfeet, Sep 16, 2015
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