rear main seal

[james49ply]

Has anyone tried this seal for the 218? :)I will be installing one next week (hopefully) Will advise as to success or

Edited January 14, 2012 by james49ply

[busycoupe]

I don't think that I used the "best gasket" brand, but that looks exactly like the one I used in my car a year ago. Your picture didn't show them, but the box should also contain a couple of black rubber pieces to seal between the bearing block and the engine block.

Dave

[james49ply]

Dave, how has it held up for you?

[Harvey Tank]

thats the same one I used two years ago, and still no leaks. and by all means dont lose the 2 little piece's of rubber.

[busycoupe]

James,

I didn't replace the entire seal. I did not want to drop the trans and fluid drive unit to get access to to the top half of the seal so I simply dropped the oil pan, removed the bearing block and replaced the bottom half of the seal. I also snugged up the bolts holding the top half using a thin wrench. Replacing the bottom half only stopped better than 90% of the leaks from the rear. I still use a drip pan on the garage floor, but it typically only has a dime or quarter sized spot on it.

Dave

[Don Coatney]

This might or might not help.

[james49ply]

Don, that is a later block design? with the insert seals instead of bolt on? They did send me two styles of main cap seals, depends on what mine requires.

[ptwothree]

Has anyone tried this seal for the 218? :)I will be installing one next week (hopefully) Will advise as to success or [/QUO

So how did this seal work for you? I installed the same thing and was just curious....