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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
If it helps to know what you're in for, the Nichols'/Chilton Labor manual shows only 1.5 hours to replace the balancer. (Of course, the same manual shows that a tuneup on a Dodge van 318 should take 3.1 hours plus .6 hours if it has A/C) Your mileage may vary.
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I'm going to let the shop take care of the balancer and front oil seal - just because of the simple fact they have a lift.
I'm 5' 10 and 165 (read skinny as a rail), and even with tires one aspect ratio larger than stock, it's all I can do to just barely squeeze under the front end to put an eyeball on things - much less have any room to swing wrenches.
With the original low profile tires that were on the car when we bought it used back in 97/98, turtles must have been scared shyteless when they saw this car coming down the road - you had to run the front up on a set of those cheap plastic ramps from the parts store, to even be able to access the drain plugs for an oil change.
Middle of winter and cold damp ground, at my age, is not the best circumstances for tackling this as a DIY job.