rear main seal?

[turn_on68]

With tranny removed is the rear main seal exposed to replace?

 

[Right on the Mark]

With tranny removed is the rear main seal exposed to replace?

If converter is off flex plate then flex plate is removed , Yes.

 

[turn_on68]

If converter is off flex plate then flex plate is removed , Yes.

What is converter?

 

[Necrosan]

He means torque converter.

 

[Right on the Mark]

Here is what the torque converter looks like.

Here is the flexplate still on the converter and off the crank.

Here is everything off and you can now see and remove the main seal.

If you have a Gen1 this trans tab I marked in RED will hit the EGR tube and make trans a B to remove. Cut this red part off trans before putting trans back in.