Wait just a minute....what's the deal with that pan gasket?
03-22-2019, 02:58 PM
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03-23-2019, 01:32 AM
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you can still get glyptal from eastwood. great product
https://www.eastwood.com/glyptal-red-brush-on-1-qt.html
https://www.eastwood.com/glyptal-red-brush-on-1-qt.html
We dont lack oil generally, and when we do, it's not stuck to the block.
03-23-2019, 01:02 PM
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Looks just like the kind I can buy for my Delorean..
https://deloreanindustries.com/12-oil-pan-gasket/
https://deloreanindustries.com/12-oil-pan-gasket/
03-24-2019, 08:13 AM
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03-24-2019, 12:51 PM
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Rennlist is having issues sending post notifications. So I didn’t see this until now.
....There's a rumor that one is coming your way, for you to play with and critique.
.....Along with a brand new design 14 pin loom with concours appropriate materials, hand built by the master, himself. Also for your use/critique.
.....Along with a brand new design 14 pin loom with concours appropriate materials, hand built by the master, himself. Also for your use/critique.
03-24-2019, 08:17 PM
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The oil pan and block are amazingly.
I'm assembling an '89 GT engine and just for giggles, I put 5 studs in the rear 5 pan bolt holes. Not only are they not in a straight line, they even "lean" in different directions....they are not 90 degrees to the pan rail!
While it's obvious that this was not done on a CNC machine, I'd always figured this was done on some sort of a very precise machine.
These 5 holes look like Ray Charles used a center punch to locate them and Stevie Wonder stepped in to drill and tap them at the next tree.
It's been so long since I made my pan spacers, I completely forgot that this area was so "variable".
I remember, now, why the holes in the oil pan are 8.5mm while the hardware is only 6mm!
I'm assembling an '89 GT engine and just for giggles, I put 5 studs in the rear 5 pan bolt holes. Not only are they not in a straight line, they even "lean" in different directions....they are not 90 degrees to the pan rail!
While it's obvious that this was not done on a CNC machine, I'd always figured this was done on some sort of a very precise machine.
These 5 holes look like Ray Charles used a center punch to locate them and Stevie Wonder stepped in to drill and tap them at the next tree.
It's been so long since I made my pan spacers, I completely forgot that this area was so "variable".
I remember, now, why the holes in the oil pan are 8.5mm while the hardware is only 6mm!
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03-25-2019, 12:41 AM
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I didn't figure the oil pan bolts for the block were done on a jig. But, I know the fuel rails were. No two fuel rails are identical.
Same for the threaded holes for the Hall sensor in the right side backing plate.
The holes in the chassis for the 'ears' on the belly pans were totally done by eye.
03-25-2019, 04:13 PM
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I can also recall when the threads were not wonderful. It is tempting to just recenter them (as best we can) and retap.
03-26-2019, 12:27 AM
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I assume that there were jigs. And the quality of parts out of the jibs depended upon who, that day, was working.
I didn't figure the oil pan bolts for the block were done on a jig. But, I know the fuel rails were. No two fuel rails are identical.
Same for the threaded holes for the Hall sensor in the right side backing plate.
The holes in the chassis for the 'ears' on the belly pans were totally done by eye.
I didn't figure the oil pan bolts for the block were done on a jig. But, I know the fuel rails were. No two fuel rails are identical.
Same for the threaded holes for the Hall sensor in the right side backing plate.
The holes in the chassis for the 'ears' on the belly pans were totally done by eye.