Removung rear main seal

[6 shooter]

Does anyone know how to get the rear main seal off on the back of a s/c v6? ive gotten all the bolts off it but its still stuck on

 

[nathanVY]

Smack it with a hammer. When we did mine it took a bit of smashing and bashing before it came off - beware fluids when it comes off!

 

[6 shooter]

Sweet as ill give that a go tomorrow then was i bit worried ill break something

 

[Claudy]

Also could use screwdriver and go around it using it like a lever. ^^^like said above but becareful when it does come apart coz oil and count will come out lol

 

[nathanVY]

Yeah take it easy just tap it lightly and slowly increase pressure to it budges. use a rubber mallet or something instead if you're worried about doing any damage better safe than sorry.

 

[chargedvx6]

Drop the coolant 1st otherwise it will contaminate your oil

 

[nathanVY]

fair chance it will contaminate your oil anyway, so service it after rear main is done.

 

[6 shooter]

It was swapping coolant and oil so ill need to do an oil change anyway but managed to get it off by tapping it a bit wit a screw driver and it came off and talking abou the fluids manthere was a bit which came out

 

[nathanVY]

Haha nice one. Man I drained my radiator first and still got covered in coolant. Speaking of rear mains i think the guy that did mine didn't use the special tool needed and it's not aligned properly or something cos I still have an oil leak... and it's grimfully near the back.