96 Accord rear main seal replacemet

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Grey-hound - 20 Jun 2006 07:33 GMT

Greetings,
Next month I am planning on replacing the rear main seal on my 96 Accord 2.2
w/auto trans myself.. Are there any Honda peculiar tools I should buy that I
will need to get the job done. What is involved after removing the
transmission and torq conv? Any other parts I should replace while I'm doing
the job? Any advice/tricks/tips would be appreciated.
Greyhound

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jim beam - 20 Jun 2006 14:27 GMT

> Greetings,
> Next month I am planning on replacing the rear main seal on my 96 Accord 2.2
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> the job? Any advice/tricks/tips would be appreciated.
> Greyhound

before you go through that, potentially save yourself the brain damage
and swap to a decent engine oil that has good seal conditioners in it.
castrol gtx cleared up some dramatic leaks i was suffering while using
motorcraft oil.

it took a couple of weeks, but leaking /did/ stop.

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butch burton - 20 Jun 2006 16:17 GMT

Recently switched from Castrol GTX to Quaker State and big time oil
leaks - the Quaker state looked thinner than the GTX when I was pouring
it into the engine - now I know why - thank you Jim Beam - it's back to
Castrol GTX.

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Grumpy AuContraire - 20 Jun 2006 18:08 GMT

> Recently switched from Castrol GTX to Quaker State and big time oil
> leaks - the Quaker state looked thinner than the GTX when I was pouring
> it into the engine - now I know why - thank you Jim Beam - it's back to
> Castrol GTX.

Quaker State is *crap* when compared to Castrol or Valvoline.

JT

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Grey-hound - 21 Jun 2006 06:52 GMT

>> Greetings,
>> Next month I am planning on replacing the rear main seal on my 96 Accord
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>
> it took a couple of weeks, but leaking /did/ stop.

Been using the Castrol High Mileage 10w-30 for an oil change plus 6 quarts
that I ran through it. Just need the mechanical details that the shop manual
left out.
Planning it for my vacation next month and I want to make it as enjoyable as
it can get.
Please, Please, no more on oil-volumes have been written.
Greyhound

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jim beam - 21 Jun 2006 14:48 GMT

>>>Greetings,
>>>Next month I am planning on replacing the rear main seal on my 96 Accord
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> Please, Please, no more on oil-volumes have been written.
> Greyhound

ok - bad luck.

in that case, the only tool that springs to mind is a splitter for the
bottom ball joints. once those are separated, you can swing the drive
shafts out of the way ready to drop the whole engine/tranny unit. look
on tegger.com for examples.

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Grey-hound - 21 Jun 2006 15:49 GMT

>>>>Greetings,
>>>>Next month I am planning on replacing the rear main seal on my 96 Accord
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> shafts out of the way ready to drop the whole engine/tranny unit. look on
> tegger.com for examples.

Thanks
Greyhound

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