transmission pan gasket question
 

I've got a '55 Studebaker with a '63 Borg-Warner Flightomatic
transmission installed in it. The pan gasket is leaking badly and
making a mess of the floor of my friend's garage. If I ask for a pan
gasket for a later Ford FMX (same tranny) at the parts store, would it
be neoprene instead of cork?

thanks,

nate

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Go there, ask for it, look in the box & see what what it is. Nuttin'
wrong with a cork gasket anyhow.

pater wrote:

> Go there, ask for it, look in the box & see what what it is. Nuttin'
> wrong with a cork gasket anyhow.
>

'cept when it leaks all over the floor :) I've got a leaky freeze plug
right above the starter as well, looks like I'm going to owe my friend
some kitty litter and a good floor scrubbing once I get this fixed :/

nate

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"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
...
> pater wrote:
>
> > Go there, ask for it, look in the box & see what what it is. Nuttin'
> > wrong with a cork gasket anyhow.
> >
>
> 'cept when it leaks all over the floor :) I've got a leaky freeze plug
> right above the starter as well, looks like I'm going to owe my friend
> some kitty litter and a good floor scrubbing once I get this fixed :/
>
> nate

Cork gaskets work fine if the pan is flat, and it probably isn't, and the
fasteners are properly and not overly tightened, which they probably are.

Nate Nagel wrote:
> pater wrote:
>
> > Nuttin' wrong with a cork gasket anyhow.

> 'cept when it leaks all over the floor :)

Toyota and Nissan ordinary cork gaskets: never leaked

Ford fancy cork gasket with silicone rubber bead: leaked @ 15,000 mi.
Engine pan gasket had also leaked @ 5,000 mi.

$1.50 rubber-coated paper gasket for Ford: never leaked. I got it at
a transmission supply house.

just scrape the pan clean and use a good tube of silicone sealer gasket
material
$4.00
old john

"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
...
> I've got a '55 Studebaker with a '63 Borg-Warner Flightomatic
> transmission installed in it. The pan gasket is leaking badly and
> making a mess of the floor of my friend's garage. If I ask for a pan
> gasket for a later Ford FMX (same tranny) at the parts store, would it
> be neoprene instead of cork?
>
> thanks,
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel

> wrote in news:DKadnaaW7fsVgajfRVn-
:

> just scrape the pan clean and use a good tube of silicone sealer
gasket
> material
> $4.00
> old john
>
> "Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've got a '55 Studebaker with a '63 Borg-Warner Flightomatic
>> transmission installed in it. The pan gasket is leaking badly and
>> making a mess of the floor of my friend's garage. If I ask for a pan
>> gasket for a later Ford FMX (same tranny) at the parts store, would it
>> be neoprene instead of cork?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> nate
>>
>> --
>> replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
>> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel
>
>
>

You never want sillycone anywhere near a auto trany!!!!!! KB

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