how bad of an oi leak, before you change your engines rear main seal?

[Irving]

Are you done yet HBAR? I just started.

[Great-Kazoo]

Are you done yet HBAR? I just started.

give him a call. I have

[Irving]

I got the starter out and I think I'm a couple of bolts and maybe an hour away from having to support stuff. Need to go pick up my rolling jack and a cherry picker.

[Great-Kazoo]

I spent about an hour and a half. I got my tools out, set it all up so my 10 year old could hand me tools. I had him line up all the sockets and wrenches in order. I removed the transmission. I quit. Tomorrow, I will do whatever I feel like doing. Probably Im going to check the valve cover for leaks and replace if needed, check the oil pan and re-seal it if it looks like it needs it. I am not putting it back together until I know there wont be anymore leaking.

Depends?

[jerrymrc]

may I borrow some of yours? I cant make mine stop leaking, I wish I could.

He buys them at the second hand store. Just a quick trip through the dryer and they are good as new.

[Great-Kazoo]

He buys them at the second hand store. Just a quick trip through the dryer and they are good as new.

I've been selling recycled condoms on e-bay. You'd be surprised what the demand there is.


REAL AMERICAN HEROES......you know who you are

[mcantar18c]

I'm debating doing the clutch on my Cavalier. It doesn't need a clutch, it needs a release (slave) cylinder, which is located inside the transmission, so I might as well do the clutch while I'm at it. I'm worried this job is over my head, and I KNOW it's not worth the money on parts since we only paid $900 for this car a few years ago. I told someone I would sell it to them after I fixed it. I half want to do this just to prove to myself that I can. Also, to relate this to the thread, I'm pretty sure the rear main seal is leaking, so I may address that as well. I will probably start my own thread though. Especially since I took most of next week off to do this.

Clutch is actually fairly straightforward, just tedious and time consuming. You'll be fine. I obviously can't physically come help, but you're welcome to PM me if you have questions.

Want to do my 7.3l rear main? It let loose last week and is loosing a half qt a day parked.

PSD or IDI?

[Irving]

Clutch is actually fairly straightforward, just tedious and time consuming. You'll be fine. I obviously can't physically come help, but you're welcome to PM me if you have questions.

Thanks for the pep talk. I got as far as getting about half the stuff disconnected and got the starter out before I had to do other stuff. I'm confident I can get it all apart, it's getting it back together that I'm worried about.

HBAR, great progress!

[mcantar18c]

Thanks for the pep talk. I got as far as getting about half the stuff disconnected and got the starter out before I had to do other stuff. I'm confident I can get it all apart, it's getting it back together that I'm worried about.

HBAR, great progress!

A clutch kit will come with a plastic dowel with the proper spline diameter and count for your vehicle to align the clutch with. That's the only place you could mess up, really, and it's still pretty simple.

[Irving]

No, I mean actually putting the transmission back in correctly. On a side note, I originally bought a Master and Slave cylinder, replaced the Master, and returned the Slave. I bought those parts from Napa. I checked Napa today, and they want $280 for the slave cylinder. I went onto Rockauto.com and ordered a LUK OEM clutch kit that includes the clutch AND a slave cylinder for $125. Everyone on the Cavalier boards I browsed seemed to like LUK stuff for factory clutch replacement. If I was going to have to pay $300 for the slave, and $300 for the clutch, I wouldn't have bothered at all.