[Rovernet] P6B rear main seal

[Kent Kinard]

Thank you, Glenn. I'm not too concerned about replacing the seal once 
the pan is off. There are several ways to go with this and I do have the 
"Chinese finger" rope installer. There are newer types of seals 
available also. My main concern was knowing whether it was possible to 
remove the pan with the engine in place...seems strange that in all 
these years, I've never had to do this on a P6B. On SD1, TR8 and even 
P5B, you just drop the front subframe, engine and trans. You don't even 
have to remove the accessories.

Roverly,
Kent K.

Nash4447 at cs.com wrote:
> Kent
>
>
> Years ago I replaced the rear main bearing oil seal in a pair of P6Bs I
> owned at the time.
>
> These use the early rope type of seal, not the neoprene type which began
> with the SD1s.
>
> I was able to pull the engine pan off with the engine in place. As I recall
> I had to
> disconnect the front motor mounts and lift the engine a bit using a block
> of wood to hold it up. I was then able to remove the pan and replace the
> BOTTOM portion or bearing cap side of the seal only.  It is virtually impossible
> to replace the upper half
> with the engine in the car. It you try to do so you may not be able to put
> a new upper half in because it is thicker than the old seal and then you are
> really up a creek.  In most cases just replacing the bearing cap portion of
> the seal will reduce leaking to unobjectionable levels. Its a chance you
> take.
>
> While the pan is off, be sure to do a good cleaning job and have a new pan
> gasket ready. Torque all bolts to Rover specs
>
> The rope seal itself is the same as the Buick 215 and can be bought at
> NAPA.
>
> Glenn          Los Angeles
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