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'94 rev3 NA, '92 rev2 Turbo forged, '07 Civic Type-R'transmission seals or 'gear box' seals??' Some sort of Oil seal I think, does anyone know what I'm talking about?? How much they are and is it easy to fit them or alot of extra work? cvega666 wrote:as far as I remember, the car must be high enough so you can fit under it with the box on your stomach to lift it
The center bore in the MR2 disc is just large enough to fit over the end of a small hydraulic jack, holding the gbox nice and steady on top of the disc.(probably £20ish for the pair at a guess?), and add about 2 minutes to the job.frogger wrote:cvega666 wrote:as far as I remember, the car must be high enough so you can fit under it with the box on your stomach to lift it
But no so high that you wind yourself on removal
For removal at least I prefer an old brake disc sat on top of a hydraulic jack.
Providing you have no gbox oil leaks currently, then just the seals where the driveshafts meet the gbox are a good idea to replace
Only replace other seals if your leaking oil from them already.
(Yes, working on solving this oil leak also) May have missed it in your posts but clutch alignment tool makes life easier as well for reassembly. It's not a hard job, easier on Tue na simply due to the lighter gearbox, less weight to move around! Good luck anyway.TheBaker wrote:frogger wrote:cvega666 wrote:as far as I remember, the car must be high enough so you can fit under it with the box on your stomach to lift it
But no so high that you wind yourself on removal
For removal at least I prefer an old brake disc sat on top of a hydraulic jack.
Providing you have no gbox oil leaks currently, then just the seals where the driveshafts meet the gbox are a good idea to replace
Only replace other seals if your leaking oil from them already.
Do the gearbox seals stop external oil from getting into the clutch area??? I think that's why I would need them as I'm sure the clutch may be duffed due to oil contamination.
Also still, what others tools will I need other than basic socket/spanner set?? some guides mention some specialist tools but I'm not sure if they're essential.
Cheers guys.
"replace other seals if your leaking oil from them already".(e.g. from crank seal) then you need to do that at the same time. The other driveshaft seals I mentioned are the only ones that are sometimes considered 'consumables' which you replace as a matter of course when reassembling - but I've done several without replacing with no issues, only one where I had a leak from one of these seals afterwards. It probably depends more on how careful you are not to damage them in the first place rather than whether you replace them or not. I always get pi$$ed off with clutch alignment tools and end up doing it by eye lol, too fiddley for me. Is it really that much of a censorship to replace the double 'ss' in the phrase pi$$ed off with $$ dollar signs? Come to think of it is there anything that wrong with the phrase pi$$ed off anyway? feckin strange... (ever so helpful ), cheers Pacific works? 
(ie driveshaft seals)'rear main seal'? What's that? 
- at this point you will see the curve of the lower flywheel cover.(out of the cover) then an oil seal is in need of replacement - you are correct, its hard to tell at this point whether the oil is from the gbox or the engine, it's much more common to be leaking from the engine side (and this would be the main seal that you've been referring too above).(or gbox), though other factors (if they exist) such as other leaks and excessive oil blowing by your piston rings may make this type of monitoring harder! Other oil leaks can be spun around by the driveshafts/air currents and cover everything meaning a full clean up is required before monitoring.- especially if you have clutch plate oil contamination Worked on Mk1's helping do V6 conversions, Mk2 Tubby's and N/A's carry out work from as simple as a service to engine transplants and V6 Conversions. Even done a little engine swapping on Mk3!! Mainly a member over on MR2oc but been a member on Imoc just not very active.(ssssssshtttt, don't say that - its too close to winter!!!!!) but as a Hobbie i like to dabble in fixing cars. PM me your number and i can give you a call and take things from there.