Has anyone done this replacement personally? There is no walkthrough, though it is a pretty common project.
I took a look last night and it looks like there is a ton of junk bolted to the housing, like a belt idler and an alternator bracket. It looks like a terror to remove.
I had the power steering reservoir off, the top radiator hose off, most of the electronics disconnected, and two of the mounting bolts out, but that just looked like the tip of the iceberg, so I reinstalled everything.
There has to be a trick to this, because if there isn't, it's looking like off with the clutch fan, off with the main drive belt, off with the alternator mounting bracket and the idler pulley. That's just to get the housing off - I am sure you have to remove the oil feed lines in the rear of the housing to get it clear of the block to replace the seal.
Does anyone have any pointers, or am I going to have to reverse engineer more of this car?
01-13-2009, 11:19 AM
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