Location: CLE/PHX
Posts: 2,588
My VIN: 5646,5080, 5880, 10234, 3639, 2518, 10586, 1538
Front crankshaft seal and a sleeve for the pulley should get you home. If you are not comfortable with installing the sleeve on the pulley yourself we can send you one ready to go as a core swap.
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Thanks! Yes, the nut comes off the normal way, counterclockwise. When you put it back on, it needs to be torqued to 135 ft/lbs.
By the way, here is the special flywheel lock tool (made by member 1Batt4u) that I used for removing and retightening the crankshaft pulley.
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Dana
1981 DeLorean DMC-12 (5 Speed, Gas Flap, Black Interior, Windshield Antenna, Dark Gray)
Restored as "mostly correct, but with flaws corrected". Pictures and comments of my restoration are in the albums section on my profile.
1985 Chevrolet Corvette, Z51, 4+3 manual
2006 Dodge Magnum R/T (D/D)
2010 Camaro SS (Transformers Edition)
Location: Burbank CA
Posts: 164
What is the best way to remove the old leaking seal?
Can i use a breaker bar to remove the nut?
If i cant find the special tool, can i put the car in 1st while it is on the ground? Is that enough to break the bolt loose?
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 237
My VIN: 10353
I did this job on mine several weeks ago. Was more painful than it needed to be just for the one bolt to remove! You can try to leave it in 1st and use a breaker bar but you'll probably put excess strain on the clutch and won't have enough torque to break the bolt. Even with the parking brake on won't really help. I tried on mine but felt the car slightly lurch forward and didn't want to mess up the transmission/clutch so I stopped. I didn't have that special flywheel tool as noted above so I ended up heating mine with a handheld propane torch and then hitting it with an impact gun and it broke loose eventually.
Oh and I didn't replace the "sleeve" either on mine, just the black plastic seal, my main pulley was able to be pulled directly off using just my hands otherwise you'll need a pulley puller. Replaced my seal and put some blue locktite on the threads and tightened it all up and haven't noticed a drop of oil since!