[DeTomaso] pan gasket FM plastic gizmos
David in Durango
adin at frontier.net
Mon May 16 11:28:53 EDT 2011
Boyz 'n gurlz,
for your viewing pleasure I have posted images of the FM plastic gizmos.
http://images45.fotki.com/v153/photos/4/43175/1969865/5111011-vi.jpg
or
http://images17.fotki.com/v147/photos/4/43175/1969865/5111012-vi.jpg
For the (check one only) aged, infirm or retarded, the supplier is Felpro. Bees knees, secondary female mammalian characteristics or FM - they are almost worth buying a gasket . . . .
Tell them the Pope sent you.
(thanks for the motivation Dr. Engles!)
----- Original Message -----
From: cengles at cox.net
To: David in Durango
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] pan gaskets
Dear David,
I love your automotive vignettes ------and how they are annotated! Those FM gizmos are the bees knees.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
---- David in Durango <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
> "I have a set of special studs that I use on oil and transmission pans when
> fighting gravity. They are tapered and spring loaded. Screw them in at
> least the four corners and you can just push the pan into place and the
> studs will hold the pan (and gasket) in place while you screw the bolts in
> the rest of the holes. Then unscrew the studs and replace with bolts.
> I inherited these so I'm not sure where one would buy a similar set.
>
> Dan Jones"
>
>
> Bwahahahahaha (laughing at myself).
>
> When I did the oil pump and pan mods on the 302 in the Miata (don't ask) I was told to clean everything surgically clean (laquer thinner) and then use super glue to hold the gasket to the block (glue it on w/ a few pan bolts to line everything up, let dry and remove bolts). the pan gasket I bought was "one piece" w/ rubber covered steel and very nice. In the box were 4 plastic gizmos that I had never seen before with no instructions (i'm not a manly man, am I?) I took a close look at them as I lifted the lid to the garbage can when the epiphany struck!
> Screw a plastic gizmo in each corner.
> slip the gasket over the plastic gizmos and up against the block (it stays as if by FM [1] )
> push the pan up, not forgetting to "goosh" the corners. guess what? is stays in place as if by FM!
> put a few bolts in
> remove the plasic gizmos
> install corner bolts
> TORQUE TO FORD SPECS
> after a few hours - TORQUE TO FORD SPECS - repeat until the retorque in does NOT turn the bolts.
> No leaks!
>
> Grouchy & Dirty, esq.
> wish I could remember what brand of pan gasket!
>
>
> [1] Freakin' magic
>
>
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