Originally Posted by ATLDisco

By Rovahfarm kit, I'm assuming you mean gaskets and seals...

1) Pressure wash your donor case within an inch of it's life. Oh, and drain it of gear oil.

2) Kit contains everything you need for a full teardown and rebuild. I didn't do that.

3) first one I replaced was the inspection plate, its on the bottom, by drain plug. Take out 10mm bolts, 14mm bolt, and 2 studs. Tap the edge with a mallet to break loose the RTV nastiness.

4) Scrub it all clean, particularly the mating surfaces where the gaskets sit.

5) Scrub it again. Hope your significant other is running late so you have time to clean up the oil/soap mess from around the kitchen sink..

6) align gasket, install and snug 4 corner bolts first, then fill in perimeter. A picture taken with phone pre-teardown is helpful for putting bolts back in the right place.

Procedure is same for all junctions. I didn't want to break case apart, so I did the two inspection plates, the CDL gasket and left it at that. Oh, and the rear circular access panel and sandwich ring. You REALLY have to try the install with that removed. Laughably simpler.

Seal - I replaced the input seal where trans shaft enters. pry it out, don't lose any bits of it inside the case. I used a screwdriver. Don't mar up the aluminum case, it's soft. Seat seal with large socket, or gentle love with machinist mallet.

Basically, I looked at my donor case, and anywhere it was leaky and cruddy, I replaced. If it wasn't leaking, I said screw it. I can have this thing back out in 3 hours next time.

Save all gaskets and seals that you don't use. I firmly believe if you have the parts in the garage, the rover will behave. If you throw them out the rover gods will smite your wallet with firebolts.