<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The pacer has developed a fairly significant rear main seal leak after 20+ years. It’s gotten to the I have to have pizza boxes underneath it. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My luck with the old tar rope rear main seals has been spotty at best so I wanted to outline my procedures and see what I might be doing wrong.</span><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I first gently use a wooden dowel to create a bit of an oblong shape and then snug the pair into the block and the rear main seal carrier. </span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then I gently fray the ends of both ropes. Nothing serious, just open them up a bit This I was taught to ensure the intersections interleave and there’s no significant leaks at the two intersections. </span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then I attach the rear main carrier and inspect closely, making sure the ends interlace nicely and there are no gaps.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In just about every case I can expect leaks to begin with in 10 years and replacement time to show up within 20.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I must be doing something wrong. What’s everybody else’s technique for this?</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PS: If the tractor is a show queen I typically don’t have problems. But if you remember of the pacer has been on duty its entire life since it’s restoration discing fields, helping with hay, etc.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Spencer</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>