Distributor, oil pump drive shaft


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By Richard - Last Month
I’m putting my oil pan back with the Tennessee gasket in under the car. I found two issues worth mentioning. The gasket is impossible to install without gluing it to the pan. I used clear silicone sparingly around the outer edge and into the first groove. 
The ARP drive has a clip which Mummert suggest adding a 5/8 washer which I did. I tried many was to get this in upside down along with oil pump, failing every time. So I’ll drop in topside without the clip and washer which is how I did it before. I really didn't know what the engineers had in mind for functionality unless it was an assembly feature to keep the shaft in place. That makes sense to me and I’ll leave it at that.
thanks for the help,
‘Richard 
By geo56 - Last Month
I had an old time mechanic tell me that he once needed to change a Y block distributer and when he pulled the distributer up out of the hole, he heard the metallic tingling sound of the distributer drive shaft tumbling down into the oil pan. He not only was changing the distributer,,but now had to remove the oil pan to retrieve the shaft. Perhaps the clip was added to keep the shaft in place and engaged with the oil pump when pulling the distributer.
By 55blacktie - Last Month
Exactly, and ARP put the clip on the wrong end for years. Knowing this, I attempted to remove the clip from the distributor-end of the shaft and move it to the pump end; unfortunately, the clip would not fit. I emailed ARP. explained the problem, and ARP mailed the correct clip, free of charge. 
By Richard - Last Month
Good story but, the mechanic wasn’t working a Y-block. It can’t go into the pan, the pump is outside the pan. It might go off to the side, retrieval with a with a telescopic magnet or mechanical fingers.
Regardless I understand the engineers thinking, it’s good to have the clip in place, mine just doesn’t. 
By FORD DEARBORN - Last Month
Lay the gasket on the oil pan rails and secure it using a length of thread tied through four holes. When the pan is in place loosely held with a few bolts, simply cut the string and pull them out. 
By KULTULZ - Last Month
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