Date: 28 Nov 1998 01:51:34 GMT From: "Duane Dostie" <ddostienopsamtiernet.net> Subject: Re: Did I get ripped off?
Harrie van Dijk <icu08140nopsamnet.nl> wrote in article <01be1953$a01d3040$LocalHostnopsam8140>... > No rip off. your 900 is likely to have somewhere of around 150.000 km on > the clock. That is usually the life span of the rear seal. There is little > or no room behind the engine and it is impossible to reach the seal without > either taking the complete engine and gearbox out or removing the radiator > and such and moving the engine a little forwards. Moving the engine a > little can be done in a 99 without powersteering. In a 90 900 that has the > same engine basicly I'm not sure if it can be don without removing the > engine. But it still takes a lot of work. Once the engine is out you have > to remove the seal wich can be a messy job to depending the state it is in. > Fixing the new seal is the easy part. All in all it is a nice backbreaker > that in principle you can do yourself. 15 hours is a lot but when you > consider what needs to be done not a hell of a long time. With two men you > can exchange an engine completely in about 5 hours that is exit en entry > without any work on the engine or the car, just a complete exchange. > > Harrie Harrie, old boy the engine doesn't have to be removed to do either seal, front or rear. Sounds like you've never have the hood open on a C900. Go back to sleep. Duane
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