[T3] Oil cooler seals.

[William Jahn]

When I last did this was 1997 and a tech at Ford where I worked lent me his
3/4" drive torque wrench. I used a long angle iron on two flex plate bolts
long end on the floor and that lifted the engine. All I know is it was a
real pain . I see videos now only with the clutch and they use a red lock
tight and a 1/2 impact gun. I have a 1/2 Impact yet I know it's not as
powerful as the IR I used to have. I think Bob did his flex plate on his
wifes auto that way.

 For now I'm just going to live with the leak as I have been for years. At
least the sump plate I repaired slowed it down and looked like the worst
leak.  Last time I really looked I don't recall seeing oil engine side of
the flex plate, at least what one can see through the case access for the
three plate to converter bolts.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 1:53 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 1 Jul 2020 at 12:39, William Jahn wrote:
>
> >  I was talking about replacing the rear main seal, you know that huge
> bolt
> > that holds the flex plate to the crank , the one that requires something
> > like 275 ft lb's .
>
> I think it's 225 ft-lbs. Divide 225 by your weight and that will tell you
> how far
> out on a breaker bar to stand to get that torque. Don't jump on it just
> stand
> gently.
>
> The hard part is figureing out how to keep the flex plate from turning. I
> have
> holes drilled in a length of steel angle that I bolt to the plate or the
> flywheel.
>
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