DeTomaso Mailing List: December 2000, Message #194

You can see a scan of the actual factory manual illustration, on my web
site at:

http://www.asajay.com/blockisback.htm

You will need to click on "factory manual rear main seal installation
instruction."
next to the third photo down.

Asa Jay

At 01:47 PM 12/05/2000 -0500, Kevin Jones wrote:
>I can't thank all of you enough for the great information on the Rear Main
Seal.  I think a number of the responses came directly to me rather than
back to the list.
>
>In short, I was replacing my rear main seal and had a question on which
way the rear main seal should go.  The seal has a sloping face and I was
wondering which direction this slope should go - either towards the
Transaxle or towards the front of the engine.
>
>The answer - The high point of the slope should be go towards the front of
the engine with the seal sloping off towards the flywheel.  
>
>I though I would post this to thank you all and to have an answer
available to any future person who has this question.  Thanks again and I
am amazed at the wealth of the information out there in Pantera Land.
>
>Kevin Jones
>Evisions, Inc.
>949-833-1384 x.231
>http://www.evisions.com
>
>18818 Teller Avenue
>Suite 250
>Irvine, California 92612
>
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Mobile Network Hardware Development
[Engineering New Products]

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