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I had the tranny out of my 82 in may to replace the throw-out bearing and replaced seals and bearings in the area. All back together and drove for a 100 miles or so and it is off on the summer trip. after driving for 1500 miles we are on the turnaround to go home. We leave Kings/Sequioa and start driving up through the central valley, cali (110*) and I notice a leak at a rest stop. It seems tobe tranny fluid. We decide to make a run for it. After getting home I pull the tranny and yes the bell housing is soaked. I pulled the pressure plate off and luckily the disk is not soaked so that is still good. The tranny seal looks good but. One thing that I notice is that the main shaft is sloppy in the seal. I thought I read that it is ok because when the tranny is in the shaft is set. I think my problem lies in that fact that when I pressed the seal in, not having the correct tool, I bent the inner lip in slightly.

What do you use to press the seal in?

What seal would you use? BD has 2, Euromax & Elring

Mulcheese wrote:when I pressed the seal in, not having the correct tool, I bent the inner lip in slightly.

I tap it in slowly and carefully with a small socket and extension in a rotating cross pattern.
If you have a choice of one minute and three whacks, versus three minutes and thirty taps, go for the latter.
Colin