Can anyone chime in And school me on how hard it is to replace the front crank seal. Also if anyone had this job done by a mechanic, what was the cost of parts and labor . I have a 92 ls400 with 235.xxx miles

Thanks in advance

 

The part is only a few bucks. And the labor is about 5.2 hours. And it varies on your mechanics hourly labor wage.

 

I did my Cam and Crank Seals Timing belt, Both Distributor Caps and Rotors Last Saturday. its Easy to do. I Payed about 130 For all the Parts.

 

edit: oops

use a seal puller to carefully remove it and tap it back in with an appropriately sized piece o whatever you have laying around.

 

1992 ls400 pure drifter. It's at te end of my original post.

 

What was your time of completion of the job? As far as tools go, did you need any specialized tools? Like a valve retainer remover...?

 

Did mine a couple months ago. No real special tools besides your preferred tool to remove the crank bolt (I used an electric impact) plus a gear puller to pull the timing belt gear. From what I hear, the gear puller isn't always needed, but I had some surface rust on the crank holding it on. You'll need a couple long machine screws (I forget the size, but 3 inch long ones were just enough with my gear puller) if you don't already have them. I was able to remove the seal with a small flathead screwdriver, but it took a good 15 minutes of prying away to get it done.

 

Nothing on cars built after 1974 or so is easy to do. With tight spaces for hands etc.
And it aint easy if you goof up either.