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Rear main seal change

From 1982 Chrysler New Yorker “Pappy's Chrysler”, documented by Sixlitre.

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1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Helps to have the transmission out. As luck would have it the trans died, after only 30 years ! 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Removing the Y-pipe is also a must. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - These tools allow you to drop the center link. I borrowed them free from the parts place. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Dropping the center link gives you plenty of room to get the pan out. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Pan bolts all out. The front two were the hardest to get to. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Pan dropped. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Pump to come off next. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - The two rear main cap bolts come off next. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - No scratches on the main bearings or these journals. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Got some cleaning and painting to do on this oil pan, though there were no filings in the pan. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Scraping gaskets. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - A V8 engine oil pan freshly painted light blue on the outside, sitting on a wooden workbench with a new cork gasket laid on the sealing fla… 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Grimy under-hood close-up of an engine's front-mount accessory bracket and a bare machined hub or damper flange with threaded bolt holes, s… 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Got the pan on, having pre-glued the cork and end rubber seals onto the pan, because they kept wiping off when I pre-fitted the pan. 1982 Chrysler New Yorker - Sure hope is doesn't leak. I torqued the 4 end bolts down well and I know the rubbers stayed in place.