After getting my freshly rebuilt engine installed, and trying to run it over a year ago, I found the timing chain needed adjustment by use of offset cam bolt. Once I got it timed correctly, replacing timing chain cover was not an easy task, and I never did get it to seal.

This coming week I pulling the engine to reseal timing cover and oil pan. I have new gaskets, what sealant should I use to seal around the rubber wedges where cover meets the oil pan?

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Ultra Blue or Black is what I always used to use, and do sometimes now depending on what I have on hand. "The Right Stuff" is even better, and is almost always what I use now.

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

Feb 3; with help from my son we pulled, re-gasketed oil pan and timing cover, and stuffed the old slanty back in to engine bay. Just electrical connections, carburetor, speed-o cable, drive shaft and fluids left to install. I'll probably get back to those little things on Wednesday once by body stops creaking.

One other leak I hope is now repaired was oil seal at end of transmission shaft. After close examination after car had sat unused since Thanksgiving the never ending dripping of fluid looked to be coming from between metal shell of seal and tail shaft casting. Once engine and trans was out with good lighting and old (1.5 year old) seal was removed, there looked and felt like a cluster of corrosion had built up along bottom of casting.

Scraped out the corrosion down to clean metal, buffed it up with 3M green pad, and spread a very thin smear of the blue stuff such that it would seal between horizontal and vertical change of axes preventing any fluid to reach buffed up area, and not intrude on transmission internals. Hopefully both new timing cover and tail shaft oil seal fixes the incontinent one.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Sounds good, Bill. I often schmear a little sealer on the metal-metal surfaces of driven-in seals like that. Insurance, or fills gaps...

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

I don't know why I never noticed that rough spot before. I have changed that seal out several times since 2008.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

An update:

Sloth had set in on the 'seal'em up project' for a few days, but yesterday I got back at it. Letting the project sit for a few days turned out to be beneficial in locating a few more oozing areas. I found that the cap bolt to oil pressure relief valve to be loose and dripping, engine oil dripping out from cross member due to timing cover leak puddling in it, and transmission deep pan bolts to be loose causing a dripping mess, yup, the ones installed by transmission shop 2500 miles ago, now re-torqued to 130 in lbs per FSM. The trans shop had used a cork gasket, I will get one of the Mopar reusable rubber/metal good gaskets to have on hand for the next fluid/filter change.

Looking forward to not having to clean up oil puddles on garage floor every week or two.

Just PS pump, alternator, carburetor and radiator to install plus fluids, a few electrical connections left to do, and it will be ready to go. It's going to be unseasonably warm later next week, so I may get a test drive in.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC