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Gasket Shellac
By John - 05/29/2005 3:07:07 PM; IP 142.177.106.227
Yep, that's good stuff. I always change the press-in plugs to threaded, plus I use the shellac....Nope..my engines always seem to have oil dripping off the pan, but dry to the bone above the pan/block line. Good sized leak also. Standard transmission, but no trouble with clutch (no oil on clutch). I think the two pan gaskets (I use a windage tray) just continuously shrink causing leakage, and if I keep tightening the pan bots every so often, eventually, the leak will minimize......it's been a few years now......sooner or later.....LOL.

By the way, even with an FE upside down on an egine stand where everything is easy, I have to remove the crank to get the block half of the rear main seal in. I don't doubt you can do it, but it's tricky. If I had to do it in the car, I think I would try your method, but be prepared to loosen all the main bearing caps and drop the whole rotating assembly about 1/4 to 1/2 inch if things started getting frustrating.

Now back to the Indy 500.......
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 rear main seal -- jeff jones, 05/19/2005
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 RE: Oh-Oh....bad news.....crank should be OUT -- giacamo, 05/29/2005
Gasket Shellac -- John, 05/29/2005
 RE: rear main seal -- giacamo, 05/24/2005
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 RE: rear main seal -- walt, 05/31/2005
 RE: rear main seal -- GREG F, 11/27/2005
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