Engine Hoist Too Short

[TonyHuntimer]

I am getting ready to put the motor back in the car. I replaced the rear main seal, oil pan gasket and head gaskets. I hope I got the rear main in correctly. I am not sure if the guy before me had it in correctly because it has leaked ever since I got it. The seal has a side that has these hash marks on it. I installed it so those hash marks face the flywheel. The other side of the seal has a large groove that runs the circumfrence of the seal. I installed the seal so that large groove faces the harmonic damper.

From your description it sounds like you got it in right. This is the way it's supposed to go in or it will leak like a big dog. Oviously the orange paint is the back of the block and the lip of the seal is pointing towards the front of the engine.