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Old 05-11-2012, 01:09 PM
badlefthand badlefthand is offline
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Originally Posted by 2002Z4CSS View Post
I worked in a GM dealer for years and have installed 100s of rope rear main seals with the crank still in the engine. Get a Sneaky Pete rear main removal and installation tool to rempve and replace the rope seal.

X2. With the old rope type seal (and the old way)they were changed while laying on our back underneath the car. Remove rear main Loosen two mains fwd of rear main pull the top seal out and pull the new one in ,dont need much clearance. Just the way we did it.