[DML] Re: Manual Transmission Gear Oil

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wait until you open one all the way up.Due to tolerances, the two 
side cases use no gaskets at all. 

Be careful about changing gaskets too far from the original design. 
The reason they use a thin paper gasket it to hold dimensional 
tolerances. Not a huge deal on the bellhousing, but on the back cover 
for example you'd be asking for trouble because some shaft bearings 
would just not sit right. 

This issue does not apply to gaskets such as pan or valve cover 
gaskets because they are not holding critical dimensions. 

FYI I've never seen a delorean leak at the paper trans gaskets. The 
leak on the split seam if you don't use the right anaerobic sealer ( 
my problem). That's the problem with learning on my car - I've done 
several transmissions after mine and none of them leak. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I was thoroughly unimpressed with my new bellhousing gasket. Is 
just a
> piece of paper. Did not shed any tears when I had to remove the
> bellhousing AGAIN and lost it. Made my own from sheet gasket 
material
> which is not only thicker, but better seals irregularities in the
> mating surfaces. Doesn't leak a drop.
> 
> Stock PRV gaskets don't hit on much. Valve cover gaskets are pieces 
of
> paper. FelPro makes a much better xRef out of rubber faced metal. I
> never could seal my U pipes totally vacuum tight with those paper
> gaskets. Made my own from cardboard, and a figure 8 gasket to 
augment




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