Is it hard to replace the crank shaft seal on the 3.0?
What all is involved once I have the timing belt and crankshaft timing pully removed?
Any special tools etc?

Thanks

Man, one thing leads to the next with this thing.

 

im assuming your talking about the front crankshaft seal. You can screw a small self tapping screw into the seal and pry it out by the screw, just make sure you dont mar the mating surface on the crank or block.

 

Thanks Yota Krazy. The screw trick worked great.
I could not get the self tapping screw to penitrate the metal inside the gasket so used a 5/64ths drill bit and put a small hole in the seal, then the screw and pulled it out with a pair of plyers. Worked slick.

I have another question:
I really wonder if the belt tensioner with the spring is pulling hard enough for the belt.
I have measured the spring free length and I'm just a hair over but it's very very close to spec. Spec is 2.22" and mine is 2.285" on the calipers.
I have tried what Leiniesred said in another post to let the spring pull the tensioner over , then tighten it down, turn the crank 2 revolutions, then loosen the tensioner letting the spring pull and finally tighten the bolt down to speced tork.

I still think the belt could be a bit tighter with a little push by hand before you crank the bolt down but I wonder if it can be to tight.

Any Ideas?

 

is this spring you are using new? I wouldnt mess around with timing belt tension, even if it isnt an interference motor. Just replace it with a OEM spring, just do you dont have to worry about it.

It will be tight enough when you have a new spring, trust me! Good luck with the rest of the project brotha.