Its a good time to do an oil pump and screen replacement too. Right after a plenum job. A lot of junk can get flushed down there from all the work. Of course the goal is to be as clean as possible but its inevitable working on an old engine to be perfectly clean.

I found old junks of gasket in my pickup screen lol. I guess it did its job though

 

thanks. ill probly end up doing oil pan down the road (depending on how dirty the plenum job goes lol) just dont have the extra $. i just started on timing & water pump and im going to move onto plenum next while accessory bracket is off already >timing chain was really bad, just tryin to get the gasket surface completely cleaned on cover but certain lil spots wont even scrape with razor blade so need to grab some emery cloth or something >>heard some back & forth about using the small drill type 'flapper wheels' to clean gasket surfaces (lightly of course).. anyone have luck with em or am i best sticking to the ol razor, break cleaner & emery cloth?

 

when putting that piece of gasket back on should i put rtv on both sides (crank case & oil pan) or just at the oil pan? thanks

 

I would just run a bead where the two pieces of gasket meet. Right in the corner there where everything comes together.

 

chain & case finally on went a lil too 'liberal' with the rtv, didnt want to risk a leak .. hope i didnt overdue it (open to advice/opinions).. old timing: http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag381/baymaven11/100_3954_zpsf68ebd1c.jpg
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6453173c.jpg
new Cloyes installed: http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...ps29ea34f0.jpg

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8d90b50f.jpg

>>>>on water pump should i also use a light coat of rtv or no sealant? i have been told both ways (new pump came with a gasket but i already had a fel-pro from 'timing gasket kit' so ima use it)

 

starting to second guess my use of rtv after i started asking & reading around.. seems to be a 50/50 opinion on it -only time will tell but thats what experience is for i suppose lol >>got new water pump in today http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag381/baymaven11/100_3976_zps6748b1cf.jpg
now onto labeling everything & tearing into intake manifold (god i hope i dont have any leaks when i get thru lol)

 

I know I'm a bit slow at times but I'm finding hard to post a question about my Ram Van. There must be an easy way but I haven't found it yet. I need help.
Thanks, bajabeachbum

 

decided to find a machine shop or somewhere local with hot tank to clean up my manifold (seen the differences in pictures and they look better than you could ever get scrubbing lol) just having trouble finding a place but im sure theres one somewhere lol >pretty sure this threads DEAD so ill post a fresh one once im getting the hughes plate on there ;-) -as soon as i can find somewhere to reasonably clean my damn i.m. up im tearing into it but til then im leaving her sit

 

idk if you did the oil pan yet but its a big thick rubber fella and you dont need an rtv.

In general is it not adivsable to use rtv when you have gasket. Except maybe where tow gaskets meet. Like on the front and back rubber pieces of the intake manifold

 

no havnt done that, oil pans goin to have to wait a bit unfortunately. Thanks for the tip on rtv though, iv sure been using it very thinly on both sides of all gaskets (dont know where i picked that up, a amateur thing i suppose lol) >from what iv read the i.m. just needs a lil black rtv on the rubber 'cross gaskets' like u said & mabe the a dab on the corner of intake gasket.. sound about right? :-D