[TR] making the mating surface of an oil pan flat

[Geo Hahn]

I used a body hammer and dolly - was pretty easy to get them flat again.
IMO a hammer blow is much more effective than a tightening bolt will be.

After that I installed the gasket to the pan using RTV and set the whole
works gasket-down on a sheet of glass.  The result was a sealed gasket with
a very flat surface to present to the machined bottom of the block.  A
non-hardening sealer (e.g. Hylomar) will then work with that.  With a bit
of care the gasket will stay with the pan upon removal and can be re-used.

Geo

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:16 AM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

>   The PO put gallons of sealer around the pan/ sump and over tightened all
> the bolts. They are all raises and .if  I put a flat rule between holes, I
> can notice at least 1 or more mm gap.
>
> I am thinking of using a nut and bolt with a few washers to hopefully make
> the bolts holes flat again. Are there any other good simpler ways to do
> this. I don't want to hammer them as I think I will do more damage.
>
> Sujit
>
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