dmopar74
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Going to change my oil pan gasket, 73 duster 225. I hear it's a load of fun in the car. Any tips or tricks?
Main pain-in-the-a$$ point (for a leak) is the passenger side front corner, where the pan meets the timing cover.Yup. Pull the engine and put it on a stand where you can flip it over and get to it good.
I have to agree. I have never used the "rightstuff" on a slant, but with other usage I think it should work well. Regular RTV does not work well where the rubber seals are.Throw the reg RTV in the garbage, - use a few pea sized dabs of the "RightStuff" where the gaskets meet.
Don't goop the **** outta it .
As mentioned, rotate crank to get the most clearance to put pan back in .
Unfortunately nobody's making a one piece silicone gasket for the slant six that I'm aware of. If you have a source, please let us know; I tried to find one a few years ago and struck out. There's one on the market that replaces the cork rail gaskets only, and keeps the rubber end pieces, but I have my doubts that would be a real improvement.My tip?
- Get a 6" nail & nail it into the garage wall
- Write 'Antique' under it
- Hang all cork & cork-like gaskets on the nail
- Come into the 21st century club & use Silicon....
"Real Gaskets" makes a silicon set, but it's not one piece. I also have tried one of their valve cover gaskets which leaked like a broken dam at their light torque spec. I tightened past their torque spec and it leaked less but nothing I could do stopped it. Yes, I straightened the valve cover perfect before I swapped to it and I also removed the valve cover and checked the valve cover rail on the head with a straight edge. The valve cover rail on slant sixes is a machined surface, so it was perfect. I swapped back to a tried and true cork gasket and all is well. I threw that other crap in the garbage.Unfortunately nobody's making a one piece silicone gasket for the slant six that I'm aware of. If you have a source, please let us know; I tried to find one a few years ago and struck out. There's one on the market that replaces the cork rail gaskets only, and keeps the rubber end pieces, but I have my doubts that would be a real improvement.
I've sene those. My first experience was with a Pontiac. But I gotta say it. If you're having trouble gettin a 2 piece rear main seal to seal properly, you're doin something WRONG. (Not meaning YOU specifically) Millions upon millions came from the factory not leaking and millions upon millions have been replaced successfully. People just fall for the stupidest crap sometimes. It's all marketing to get your money. Use a good quality 2 piece rear seal like these engines were DESIGNED FOR and install it right and it won't leak.I found out about the 1 piece rear main seal only after I put my /6 together and wasn't going back in.
Pray hard and drink hard and cuss hard.Going to change my oil pan gasket, 73 duster 225. I hear it's a load of fun in the car. Any tips or tricks?