Reply To: Gaskets

[Billy Sandvik]

That is correct, they did not use a pan gasket, they did not use a gasket on the timing covers either. If you put a pan gasket on one of those engines it will leak oil around the crankshaft at the rear main as now you have made extra clearance around the bronze ring that is supposed to seal the rear main. It will also make installing the front cover more difficult if not impossible depending on gasket thickness as the cover attaches to the crankcase and the pan, so if you move the pan down the holes may no longer line up. This goes for the early single valve, duel valve, and up through the series 36 engine.