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ya i thought that but wasnt sure, i took it for another drive but theres alot more problems then just breakin in my engine then i thought...i think my rear oil seal went got oil coming out of the flexplate between the tranny and block. and its most likely spraying oil all inside my drivetrain and my clutch is already messed up and we decided we are gonna drop the tranny and do some work on that for the summer. cuz i still cant even get this engine to go anywhere with any kind of power and the clutch slipps everytime i take it out. ill keep you guys updated

Damn you must be pretty dissapointed. Sorry it didn't work out for ya, good luck with the tranny.

yeah, oil in the bellhousing will ruin your clutch i had that when i first bought my car, and there is no way my clutch would grip. you can get away with degreasing your bellhousing, pressure plate, and flywheel. but your clutch plate is ruined, no way to clean the oil off it. keep us informed on what happened and why the engine is sluggish, dont want to mess up my rebuild!

that sicks you choulda changed your seals too. How many miles where on your car. If it was over 150,000 it would have been a mandatory seal change for me.

ya i know it sux but i got a summer project now haha. ya sux i put it all back together gettin good compression too and the rings havnt fully sealed in, got everything back and now i get oil leaks from the valve cover, a weird one over the exhaust manifold and then when i saw that i knew it was the rear oil seal. ya i now my clutch is gone and im pretty sure my master is about to go car was hard to put in gear and just lurchin down the street lol...ya ima make sure about then ima yank the tranny and get it all sorted out. heres a pic of my engine bay with the engine rebuild.



thnx everyone for ur replies i hope i can get this thing to what it once was again lol
Jon

Well good luck man. Just get a timing seal kit and a rear main seal kit, Get the car ready as if you were going to change the timing belt for the front seals and the rar seal you obviously wanna take out the tranny .

ya tranny is giong out pretty soon, any seal or gaskets i need to get ahead of time? oh i already got the front seal on it, just need to get the real seal and clutch fixed. i should of did it all at once lol

if your just popping out the tranny, i dont think there are any seals you need if you already have the rear mainseal. i would grab some clips and pins for your axels just in case. god knows i lost half of mine. just nice to have them on hand

ahh ok, are the pins and clips dearlership parts only? or can u buy them online somewhere? how can u tell if your axels are warned down?

pretty much axles go bad when they are bad... they start to click really bad at turns.

ahh ok i gotcha, mine dont click i get a pop which is probably a cv joint or something.