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Clive Prothero-Brooks 17-07-03 05:15

daimler dingo scout car
 
does anyone know if the rear main seal on the engine can be changed without removing the engine from the gearbox. the engine is a Daimler 2.5L straight six.

Cheers


Clive

gordon 17-07-03 09:56

Yuck
 
I had to help tighten a loose flywheel on a late Dingo and we had to completely dismantle the whole rear end of the thing.

I'm not sure but purely from memory you can do very little to that area with the engine in the vehicle

Gordon

Richard Farrant 27-07-03 00:34

Re: daimler dingo scout car
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Clive Prothero-Brooks
does anyone know if the rear main seal on the engine can be changed without removing the engine from the gearbox. the engine is a Daimler 2.5L straight six.

Clive,
There is no actual seal in the rear mains, it is a scroll on the crankshaft. Sometimes these will leak if the grooves in the scroll are gunged up. If you wish to remove the engine it has to come out with the gearbox as an assembly.
You could drop the sump to check the scroll. If the mains are worn the crank can the touch the housing around the scroll and they can leak.

Richard

Clive Prothero-Brooks 03-08-03 01:58

Dingo
 
Just wanted to thank you for the reply, i have orded a service manual which will aid greatly, although with the amount of oil leaking it is clean!!!!!!!!!


cheers

Clive:cool:

Richard Farrant 03-08-03 23:33

Clive,
Glad to be of help.

Do you know about the Dingo Register, and the Dingo Forum on Yahoo?

Richard


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