Re: engine rebuild questions

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Zack,

When doing oil pan and valve cover gaskets, I usually use an inch-pound
wrench.  12 ft lbs = 144 in lbs.  Oil Pan gasket will sometimes squish
out because of the type of sealer used.  Last one I did, I torqued it 1/2
way down, let the sealer dry an hour or so and torqued it the rest of the
way.  A good dinner break is usually the close.

Shouldnt need to grease the fuel pump shaft.

--Tom

On Tue,  1 Jun 2004 22:24:48 +0000, laborboy@xxxxxxxxxx said:
> Putting my 383 long block together and have a couple questions for the 
> resident experts:
> 
> 1. oil pan gasket, Felpro. When I torqued it to about 12 ft lbs, the 
> gasket at the bolts squeezed out about 1/8 inch. this looked scarey to 
> me, so I didn't torque to the recommended 15. maybe my torque wrench 
> needs to be recalibrated. is this amount of gasket unusual? (I did use 
> blue silicone on both sides)
> 
> 2. is oiling the touching metal parts enough, or do I need to put cam 
> grease on them (such as where the fuel pump lever touches the actuator 
> rod.
> 
> Thanks for help. More to come, I'm sure. 
> 
> Zack
> 
Tom
65 Dart GT 'vert
68 Plymouth 'vert
Longmont, CO

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