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04-09-2009, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
Posts: 333
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Rear main seal repair
All,
My garage is not setup for the repair of a rear main seal leak I have identified on my "new to me" 307/350 69 c10. The previous owner said the engine was rebuilt at some point by the original owner but didn't know the timeframe. Due to the above, I am questioning whether to drop $500 for a rear main repair at the local shop, do it myself(god forbid it's a one piece and/or something goes wrong and I just spent $100 in parts/oil and my truck sits in the driveway), or just save for a new engine(my uncle has a 383 roller he will sell me for $3000)...Regardless I am needing to swap the 2bbl carb/intake/headers/exhaust anyway(it's all original) so I am truly debating the costs that I am facing in the near future...Any ideas or thoughts from the wisdom bank that is this forum? |
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04-09-2009, 04:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chesapeake Beach, MD
Posts: 812
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Re: Rear main seal repair
for some reason 500bucks seems cheap to replace a rear main seal. maybe its the beer making me not thinkin clearly
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04-09-2009, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Overland Park, Ks.
Posts: 5,195
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Re: Rear main seal repair
Back in my younger days I would have done them all day long for that. It could be done in about 3 hours with about $25 in parts.
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