TransGo shift kit install...

[hey mister]

Oooo doggies...what a puddle, this morning.
Grabbed a wrench and slid under. Them pan bolts were barely finger tight.
I knew a cork gasket would compress a bit after initial run...no big deal.
Just retorqued them.
I'm sure I'll have to do it again after the next run.
I had to last time I changed filter and fluid, so I expected it.
I figure if it aint marking it's territory, there's something wrong.

 

[NickTransmissions]

I never use cork gaskets; they always leak. If you cant get it to stop leaking after x amount of rounds of re-torquing the bolts, replace it with a composite gasket (dont use rubber gasket either, unless it is a bonded/moulded rubber gasket with a steel core.

 

[hey mister]

I never use cork gaskets; they always leak. If you cant get it to stop leaking after x amount of rounds of re-torquing the bolts, replace it with a composite gasket (dont use rubber gasket either, unless it is a bonded/moulded rubber gasket with a steel core.

Composite?
What kind of composite?

 

[hey mister]

Ok...I'm not the mechanical whiz-bang kid I fancied meself to be...
After tightening, retightening and thrice-tightening them tranny pan bolts, the leaking continues.
Honestly, I laugh every time I see it. Ya just can't make this up.
I've lost count the number of GL1000 & 1100 engines I've split open and every one I put back and ran, never leaked...and that's a metal to metal fit w/ just a smear of rtv.
It is funny.

So anywho, I bopped out to Summit and prused the "demo" isle. Low and behold there on the shelf was a TH350 oil pan of a fancy design. Yep it followed me home. Now the only reason I nabbed it was becsuse the original was pretty badly rusted. And I got a new engine oil pan last fall. It will be going on when I pull the motor.

 

[legopnuematic]

My 2¢, I’ve had very good luck with Lube Locker gaskets. They are a little pricier than a standard gasket, but they seal up good and are reusable.

I’ve got about 8 of their gaskets in service right now, the trans, front and rear diffs in the Cummins, trans and rear end in my 79, trans of my 76, a friends 9.5 semi float and the 9.25 front in his Cummins.