While the engine and trans are out, I replaced the engine compartment seals (short piece - front of the engine compartment and long piece - rear and sides of the engine compartment).
Removal of the old seals was pretty straightforward. There was a piece of putty in the front corners that I removed and saved to be re-installed after the new seals were fitted. Then I pulled the end of the seal straight away from the C-channel the seal is fitted into and worked toward the other end until the seal was completely removed. I started with the short seal at the front of the engine compartment, then repeated the process for the long seal at the sides and rear of the engine compartment.
C-channel the seal fits into:
Pry tools I used to repair collapsed areas of C-channel so I could fit the new seals:
The old seals after removal:
Cross section of the seal:
To install the new seals (I installed the short - front seal first), I positioned the seal so it evenly overlapped the section of C-channel it was going into, then I pushed the upper lip of the seal into the upper C of the channel and then pushed the lower lip of the seal with my thumb up and over the edge of the lower C of the channel. Then I used a plastic (non mar) pry tool to push the lower lip of the seal into the lower C of the channel to seat the seal in the C-channel. I repeated this process the entire length of the seal, then repeated for the other seal.
Plastic (non mar) pry tool for seal installation:
Installing new seal:
New front seal installed:
Installing new rear seal:
Putty that was in the front corners:
