Properly sealing timing cover to oil pan.

So I finally got everything back together today and I’m proud to say not leaking a drop so far. It’s a far cry from how it was running out between the bottom of the timing cover and the oil pan. I cut a gasket from a little bit thicker gasket material. Maybe 1/16” thickness. You can’t go too thick or your cover won’t line up with the dowels and the bolt holes. Not cork but a fiber type gasket. Then made sure the bottom surface of timing cover and top surface of oil pan were clean and as flat as possible. Applied a good sized bead of RTV sealant especially covering the ends of the timing cover because the bolts towards the center do a good job of pulling the center tight. Not so much on the ends. Then made sure all my oil pan bolts and timing cover bolts were tightened down very snug. I let everything sit for 24hrs before during up the engine. No leaks. I can tell you if you don’t take a lot of care when assembling this part of the engine it will leak. What a PITA!
Carl