Im gonna need some of your good valve cover gaskets and them reusable intake crossover gaskets and probably more. Thanks for keeping the pontiacs alive
Hi, thank for the video. I have a 1979 Trans Am with 29k original miles. The rear main seal is leaking. Is it possible to change the rear main seal with the engine in the car...or...must I remove the engine to replace the rear main seal. Thank you
I understand HO Pontiac when they were in business had a neoprene rear main seal it was out of a Cadillac I believe it was a 400 not sure of the year but they said that it was reusable and as long as it wasn't damaged you would never need a seal again ever I was less pounds of torque on the rear main seal as a result
If the Cadillac seal was the answer, we would not have needed to develop this product! The caddy seal was also only used in 455 / 3.25 main journal engines.... HO Racing Specialties was the name of the company that advertised the Caddy seal for use in a Pontiac
@@TinIndianPerformance You're absolutely right we took a season 400 block Standard bore it over and put up 455 crack and turned the journals down it was a stock standard bore 30 and that's stock 455 is 30 standard bore 👍
@@ROBCAMARENA-wt1gj Rob, a true 455 has a 3.25 main journal with a rear main sealing surface of 3.437 if you turned it down to fit in a 3" main / 400 block you would need to use a seal that has a 3.188 ish rear main sealing surface dimension. You would not be using a caddy seal in your 400 block. The CID of the motor has NOTHING do do with the seal used or the size of the sealing surface of the crankshaft! This video is about "WHICH REAR MAIN SEAL YOU NEED"
Im gonna need some of your good valve cover gaskets and them reusable intake crossover gaskets and probably more. Thanks for keeping the pontiacs alive
Hi, thank for the video. I have a 1979 Trans Am with 29k original miles. The rear main seal is leaking. Is it possible to change the rear main seal with the engine in the car...or...must I remove the engine to replace the rear main seal. Thank you
Hey Julian - we have a video coming up on that!...- hint - warm up that engine hoist 😉
@@TinIndianPerformance Great! I will be looking out for it. We hope to start the repair soon, any hint on when the video will be posted. Thanks!
I understand HO Pontiac when they were in business had a neoprene rear main seal it was out of a Cadillac I believe it was a 400 not sure of the year but they said that it was reusable and as long as it wasn't damaged you would never need a seal again ever I was less pounds of torque on the rear main seal as a result
If the Cadillac seal was the answer, we would not have needed to develop this product! The caddy seal was also only used in 455 / 3.25 main journal engines.... HO Racing Specialties was the name of the company that advertised the Caddy seal for use in a Pontiac
@@TinIndianPerformance You're absolutely right we took a season 400 block Standard bore it over and put up 455 crack and turned the journals down it was a stock standard bore 30 and that's stock 455 is 30 standard bore 👍
@@ROBCAMARENA-wt1gj Rob, a true 455 has a 3.25 main journal with a rear main sealing surface of 3.437 if you turned it down to fit in a 3" main / 400 block you would need to use a seal that has a 3.188 ish rear main sealing surface dimension. You would not be using a caddy seal in your 400 block. The CID of the motor has NOTHING do do with the seal used or the size of the sealing surface of the crankshaft! This video is about "WHICH REAR MAIN SEAL YOU NEED"