Dick,
I assume that you are using a stock stamped steel cover. When I ran
those, I cut the ears at the corners behind the seal so that the cover
could slip in easily. With the neoprene seal glued to the cover, loosen
the front bolts in the pan, put the cover in place with the seal resting
on the front of the pan and then take a couple of punches, slide them
through the cover into the bolt holes and pry down. It falls in place
easily. Done it many times. Don't for get to retighten the pan bolts.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Dick J wrote:
> This is gonna sound like a stupid question, but
> please remember, this is the first SBC I have
> ever really played with, so after ya get done
> laughing and wipe the tears out of your eyes,
> please give me a little advice and promise not to
> tease me next time you see me.
>
> What is the secret to getting the timing cover
> back on without buggering up the main seal and
> getting a seal along the bottom where the cover
> meets the oil pan. When I pulled the cover off
> after having replaced the cam, I found that I had
> not gotten a very good seal along the front
> bottom. The neoprene strip had squirmed out of
> the way and had left a small gap. I looked
> around for directions, and the directions I found
> said to remove and replace the oil pan ???? You
> gotta be kidding. Can't that little neoprene
> strip along the bottom be slit in half and slid
> back together with half glued into the oil pan
> and the other half in the timing cover after
> coating with Permatex or something like that? I
> remember trying to angle the cover and struggling
> to get it high enough to get the gasket to seat
> on the front of the oil pan and that I had to
> push the main seal pretty hard against the bottom
> of the crank snout (and apparently still didn't
> get it high enough to slip into place along the
> fron t of the oil pan.
>
> I know this seems like an awful basic question,
> but it certainly has me puzzled.
>
> Dick J
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