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On 17 Jun 2003 at 9:07, jason.smith@sarcom.com wrote: > Some of the bolt holes are slightly concave but not terribly. That concave shape, convex from the gasket side, is the problem. The fix I prefer is to bend the pan back into shape. A little distortion in the opposite direction is not a problem. I like to use a large (~1") diameter steel ball on top and a steel tube underneath. Put these together in a press to push the sealing surface back toward flat. You can also use a tube on the bottom and the peen end of a ball peen hammer. I have some large Belleville washers which I think may cure this, but I understand that large block Chevys use special pressure spreader washers which might be commonly available in automotive machine shops. The whole point is to avoid exerting ALL the bolting force just around the edge of the hole in the pan. > My next step and last resort is too use RTF. Would that be RTV? It might be okay, but you have to make sure that none of it can get loose and float around in the AT. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org