Gasket sealer
- Thread starter Carmine
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My 63 glide did the same thing with a new front seal and pan gasket! If it sat 2 or 3 weeks I would have to top it off before I drive it. 4 speeds make a less mess and are funner!!!!
I only have old magazines....Super Chevy, Chevy Rumble, and 4 years of Easy Rider!!!!!!! Wristpin will probably want those!!!!!!!!Who are you? I don't want to buy any magazines!
I'll take your LOW RIDERS!!!
No I want your back issues of LOW RIDER.. I know you are a fan!!
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What kid of pan? steel or aluminum?. I just found a real good gasket for my aluminum pan that has leaked since I put it on and now it does not leak for the first time. If it's a GM steel pan then get the gasket from the dealer. I used them all the time with no leaks.
I went to the pharmacy last week.
An aluminum pan. Thanks.
Russ you wouldn’t want it. It’s a BOP case with an ultra bell. Wouldn’t like right in one of your cool rides.
wristpin
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Carmine, get some permatex ultragasket hardening. Put a THINNNNN coat on the pan then align the gasket. Clean transmission bolt holes and bolts with brake clean and q-tips. Use Blue Lok tite on bolts. Align gasket and pan with bolts leaving them loose until they all start. Then barely snug each one going around in a star type pattern. Do final snug of i believe 12 inch pounds. Maybe someone here knows factory torque spec or i can get off my lazy ass and check a book. Use a flat washer but NOT a locking type washer. Wait a day and add fluid then go for a drive.
Thanks wristpin. I'm in the process of doing pretty much everything you suggested. Every is clean. The gasket which looks like a quality one for a change, I have sitting on the pan. In the corners I put a very small dab of permatex on the pan, just to hold it in place. The holes line up nicely and it seems to be secure. I never realized the pan bolts are suppose to be torqued. I always just tightened them. Probably too much. From what I read the torque is 12 ft. lbs. and in a criss cross pattern. Probably won't get to this for a few days, Carmine.
If you have a aluminium pan the torque may be different that the factory steel pan.
Good idea. Never thought of that. Maybe I'll just snug them for now. I can always give them a little more it needed, Carmine.