rope seal replacement

Why would the city care, unless you must park on the street? I dealt with that with my 69 Dart in Atlanta after the engine failed and I had only on-street parking. One cop decided it was the most critical thing in the neighborhood to hassle me. I just rolled it a few feet down the hill each time he chalked my tires, then pushed it back up w/ my truck. After a year I finished my garage and moved it there and replaced the engine. Some people actually do "fix that old car".

All the gasket kits I have seen have the rubber 2-piece rear seal. You can replace it w/ just the oil pan off. You must remove the aluminum "seal holder". I also removed the oil pickup tube so I could clean the screen (often clogs w/ gunk). You push the top half seal around the crank. First, clean out the groove by pushing a cloth soaked in ethanol thru. There is a better quality seal made for the hemi engine that interchanges. They used it in the Slant Six rebuild on the Power Nation cable show you can find linked here.