Rasafrassin' nogood blickablackin' risafrassin...front crankshaft oil seal (CGT)

[Ameer Antar]

I second Pat's suggestion. Don't waste money or time on removing the front seal like that. I personally wouldn't trust my luck to use sharp tools around a sealing area of the motor either. Just pull the oil pump out and you can pop out that seal w/ no effort. You'll need to remove about 5+ bolts on the oil pump including the one for the idler pulley (but leave the pulley in if you're not changing it), and you'll also need to remove the 2-3 oil pan bolts that go through the aluminum oil pump housing. Make sure to get a new gasket oil pump housing gasket too. To get my old oil seal out I just flipped the housing over and used a flattened chisel to push it out the front of the housing... just took a couple taps to get it out. Make sure when you replace the oil pump housing that the crank engages the cutouts in the oil pump gear or you won't be able to get the housing all the way back on. BTDT. good luck.

-Ameer

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 20:24:19 -0400
From: "Jonathan Monetti" <jmone3036 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Rasafrassin' nogood blickablackin' risafrassin...front
	crankshaft	oil seal (CGT)
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I have met my match.  As a last resort before ordering the $100+ front crank
oil seal removal tool, anyone have a good BTDT?

This is an 87.5 NG-motored CGT undergoing a slow (night, weekend) TB change.
All was going well until I got to the front oil seal.  I have a new one on
hand, so I can see how it's made & how it fits, but for the life of me can't
get the old one out.  I was trying to avoid buying VAG 3083, and had read a
few archived posts and web comments that some folks have...

1) slid it right out, no problem
2) done it with dental picks and/or needlenose
3) driven two drywall screws into the seal's front face and pulled it out
easily

But mine seems to have been placed there by Satan.  None of the above (nor
some creative alternatives) have worked.  I guess I'll need to buy 3083, but
last ditch questions:

-anyone know who might rent this tool in the NE ($100+ to buy a tool I'll
use once, maybe twice goes a little against the grain)
-or have any good Rube Goldberg solutions that have worked for you

Thanks in advance
Jonathan Monetti

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