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I use those gaskets exclusively on every Mopar I own (classic & otherwise). I've never had a single leak with them. It helps if you are, but you don't *have* to be precise with the torque. Those gaskets are pretty forgiving.

Bosch.

Everything is back together and it is running quite nicely. Strangely enough, it seems to actually start a bit faster than it did before, and seems to run a bit stronger somehow. I didn't expect any real difference whatsoever, so that comes as somewhat of a surprise. So far, nothing that was...

I couldn't help myself, so I replaced the gasket again, and re-painted the timing cover. This time, it all went like clockwork. I also gave the bolts a good scrubbing. I left them unpainted because I actually like the way it looks. The pulley was also repainted (but not the grooves...just...

The bolts were de-greased, but not painted. What you're looking at is my greasy fingerprints all over the bolts and the cover. I'll clean everything off before I bury it all under the pump housing and other parts. "Walking out" means that as the one bolt was tightened, the gasket slid away...

It seems unlikely anyone's been in there at any point, especially since the motor only has about 55,000 miles on it. However....I did notice that there was no gasket between the bottom of the timing cover in the oil pan. Somebody had used a very thin coat of black sealant to seal that area, but...

The old set didn't have a nylon covered cam gear, which was the whole reason I dove into this in the first place, but the chain had relaxed a fair bit. It was deflecting about 1/2". The new chain is nice and taut.

More progress today. The timing cover didn't want to line up when the new lower gasket was installed. I tried installing the lower bolts first to compress it, but it was of no use. I had a roll of gasket paper that was thinner than the cork in the Fel-Pro kit, made another gasket out of it...

A bit more work was done today. The pump housing gave way easily when the "hidden" bolt behind the heater hose fitting was backed out. This will all get cleaned up and refinished as things go along.

There's other stuff that was part of the process too, like making a dipstick for the compressor to make sure I had the right amount of ester oil in it, and a few other things.....if I can find all my notes on the procedure, and perhaps a couple of links, I can forward them to you. It might...

Nothing. I left in in there. I read in a number of places that if I took it out, the evaporator would freeze over. Perhaps it's presence is compensated for by me having filled the system up with less 134a instead of the prescribed amount for the system if it still had R12. I was also not...

Yes, that's the old RV2 boat anchor. The only crafty thing I had to do was fashion a seal for the line that attaches to the front of the compressor. I had a bunch of larger seals in an assortment kit, and I had to trim it down to make it fit. The replacing of this seal was made necessary by...

Naturally, I have no plans to leave those hoses in place. Of course, they are not original to the car, but they have been on there for some time. I think I replaced them when I first got the car about 15 years ago. I will be cleaning as much caked up oil and grease as I can along the way, and...

This is definitely a wise idea. Since I don't have to put this motor back together right away, I'm going to wire brush it half to death, and treat it over the next several days with some penetrant. Hopefully, it will cooperate eventually. If it doesn't, I will go to plan "B".

Excellent. I asked that question because I wasn't sure if the old gears were going to be marked the same way the new gears are. I'm just being thorough. Of course, I have no plans to take the distributor out.

Another important question....when the Summit gears are installed dot to dot (cam @ 6:00 & crank @ 12:00), where should the distributor rotor be pointing? Some say at #1, others say at #6. Once I have the correct answer, I will rotate the motor until it is at TDC with the rotor pointing...

I already ordered the Summit set.... Not necessarily because it's inexpensive, but because that set got its share of positive feedback. If I see anything with it that is even slightly amiss upon installation, I will go with something else, but I do not anticipate any problems. Here are some...

Alright, the process of disassembly has begun. Although I've done my share of timing chains, this is the first one I'm doing on a 440, so I have a few questions. First, is it possible to remove the water pump housing and the timing cover without depressurizing the air conditioning system? I...

This is precisely what I intend, and I agree that it wouldn't take much to keep them from flopping around.

I'm willing to try it. If it's true that the rubber compound has changed, there's literally nothing I can do about that, so I might as well try what I'm planning.