Re: [DML] Re: Delorean automatic pan gasket discussion (long)

[jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,


One important thing I forgot to mention.  Even without
the rings, just hand tightening it and checking once
in a while that the pan remains tight. 

 Once someone attempts to torque the pan down to 3-4NM
without the rings, the lip of the pan becomes bent
around the screw holes, at that point I imagine the
pan would have to be replaced as it will no longer
correctly hold the gasket in place for a good seal.


jordan
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--- David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You should be fine without any "rings" in the gasket
> as long as you
> don't overtighten the pan bolts. Make sure none of
> the threads are
> stripped in the housing. Did you fix the gearshift
> cable leak too? The
> only way I know of is to do it like Rob Grady does,
> that is to  slip a
> piece of heat-shrink tubing over it and melt it
> down. It seems the
> cable is porous and allows oil to leak through. As
> it comes down it
> looks like a pan gasket leak. You should also
> replace the "O" ring on
> the vacuum modulater. If the seals start to leak
> again soon it could
> mean your trans is nearing a melt-down because of an
> overload of fine
> metal particles eating up the seals. Pull the
> dipstick and feel the
> oil with your fingers. If it is dark and feels
> gritty flush it a
> couple of times. You could also try a trans shop.
> Some have a machine
> that will flush and filter the trans without taking
> it apart. The
> reason you saw transmissions RTV'd without a gasket
> is that a P.O.
> took the car to a shop for a trans service and the
> shop didn't have a
> pan gasket and destroyed the old one when they
> dropped the pan.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jordan rubin
> <nuttenschleuder@xxxx> wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> >      I have finally found and repaired the last of
> the
> > leaks in my automatic transmission.  This project
> was
> > starting to get frustrating as it was done more
> than
> > once without a solution to the leaking.  I have
> spoken
> > to some of you for more than a year about this
> topic.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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