ORIGINAL: cassidymustang

looks like they hit a man hole cover that was popped up or something

ORIGINAL: 00limited7

Alright I was trying to change the water pump and broke the bolt behind the power stering pump.Ihad to take off the timing cover to get to the bolt. So the oil pan had a big dent in it from the previous owner and the drain plug was stripped out. So I took off the oil pan and what a pain.
I had to jack up the front of the engine with an engine hoist. Remove the pick up tube and oil pump before the oil pan would come off.

So tomorrow the repairs start and here's what I bought:
High volume Melling oil pump (25% greater than stock) Is ther anyway to prime before it goes in the car?
All felpro gaskets for the oil pan, water pump, and timing cover.
New oil pan
New water pump
Front seal for the crank( in timing cover )
Solid Motor mounts are on order.

Timing chain looks good. I'll put up some pics off the gear set and bottom end tomorrow And let you guys comment on if they are all stock or not.
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Stock gear set?

Stock bottom end?

Dented oil pan!!!

New Pan...

All the crap that had to come off !

Broken bolt in the water pump that started this gaint snow ball rolling down the hill and smacking me in the ****!!!!



My questions are what type of gasket sealer should I use on these parts? I was going to use permatex gray for the timing chain cover and water pump. The oil pan gasket is the one piece rubber Felpro. Should I use Hitac sealer to keep it in place?

Any comments and help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys...

on any of the paper gaskets like the timing cover and wp, you want to use a spray on high tack gasket sealer, nothing else.

ORIGINAL: my77stang

adder are you talking about something like the permatex spray copper coating stuff? i always used a thiiiiin layer of permatex on all my paper gaskets, or permatex on one side, and yellow snotty weatherstripping adhesive on the other (to hold the gasket in place, this works wonders on intake gaskets)