Front crank oilseal changing 4.6

As the title whats involved in doing the front crank oli seal.

Does the rad need to come off, Can i just prise the seal out or do i need to remove a chunk of engine to swap it. Any tips on removing the pully

Cheers

Steve

to get the pulley off i jammed a lump of wood in the crank, the engine was out of the car tho!!!

Few more questions

I had a quick look at the job over the weekend,

I'm assuming the fan has a right hand thread, Also anyone know what size the nut is.
How do you release the belt tensioner.

Cheers

Steve

fan nut is a 36mm, not easy to get hold of.

cant remember what thread is.

belt tentioner, get a 13 or 15mm spanner on the nut inside the tensioer pulley and just turn it towards passenger side!

it will be left hand thread and you can buy a viscous fan spanner at halfords

The thread is a normal RH on the V8 and spanner size is 36mm. Give it a sharp clout to the left a couple of times and it will jar it loose and can be spun off by hand.

Thanks

Five minutes with mr angry and a 32mm spanner and I've now got the tool for the job.

"Give it a sharp clout to the left a couple of times" That explains why it wouldn't budge lol

I'll have another go when / if it stops raining.

Cheers

Steve

Managed to do the job between showers this morning, It definatly a right hand thread on the fan. Thanks for that I'm used to fords with a left hand threads.
Only problem was securing the crank pulley to undo the bolt, In the end I used a piece of 3 x 2 about a foot long jacked up under the pulley while I broke the bolt.

The tensioner and idler pulley under the PS pump, Bearings don't seem very clever can the bearings be changed or is a case of replacing the whole units.

Thanks

Steve

Yes the bearings can be changed and are readily available off the shelf at your local bearing supplier as the type is common. Buy a good quality bearing..not Taiwanese crap. They are quite cheap and easy to remove/fit..juust press out/in with a vice.

Another job on the list,

Do you know the bearing numbers / size so I can get them in before I start the job.

Cheers

Steve

Gimme until tomorrow, I've just taken my medicine:beer2::beer2::beer2::beer2::beer2: and if I can find it, I will let you know.