fastsvo

Hey guys,

I've been reading past posts and the FAQ page on this job, but still wanted to go over the process in detail.

I have purchased the Fel Pro 2 piece racing (VITON) rear main seal and the one piece rubber oil pan gasket designed for early 289/302 pans.

NOTE: My existing rear main seal is about 11 years old ('67 289).

Now, do I really have to loosen all the main caps or can I just get away with removing the rear main cap by itself?

I am assuming I can easily pull the upper half of the old seal off?

The installation methods that I have read seem to go back and forth on wether to install the seals dry or with oil and the possibility of damaging the seal during installation. This is where I am most concerned about doing this job. Any advice in this area would be greatly appreciated.

Now about using RTV...I understand that I will put a small glob on the corner of the cap (right behind where the seal protrudes from -facing the tranny). What about adding RTV behind the lower lip of the seal facing the tranny as well?

When retorqing the main cap, which torqing procedure is recommended?

Now over to the 1 piece rubber pan gasket....just goes on dry?

As you can see I am a little confused and need some direction on the job! Thanks in advance.

-Eric[/align]