Timing cover and dress up???

Nice thing is the timing cover is allot easier to R&R than a sb chevy. I thought maybe yours was cast. That's why it pitted so bad. No real tricks except be careful if you have to pry on the cover. Being cast it's brittle. If you've done a Chevy everything else is about the same. Oh yeah one thing different about Mopars is the front rubber seal that seals the timing cover to the oil pan is sandwiched by the oil pan. I take a new razor blade and slice the old gasket and just silicone up the corners good with high temp silicone like ultra copper or the likes. Never had a leak yet doing it that way.