Where I would normally use white grease and/or a light smear of RTV on an oil pan gasket, no sealers were used with the RGT oil pan gasket installation.  It was installed dry and as per their instructions. The sealing rail on the oil pan was scrutinized prior to installation to ensure it was truly straight and not going to be a problem in that area.  I consider the torque values for the oil pan bolts to be critical with this particular gasket as over tightening could potentially bring oil seepage back to the forefront.  I feel confident that I could remove this RGT oil pan gasket and reuse it due to not using any sealer in the original installation.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Ted - When you did the install, did you do anything at the joints between the block and the rear seal retainer or the timing cover?  A smear of RTV?
Thanks for all your effort
Mike Anderson
'55 Glasstop

I found them on eBay last night. The gasket cost $45 plus $11+ for shipping. 

Got ahold of someone. They made it through the storm. They didn't know about the website but you can order through eBay in the mean time.

Anyone get one yet?

There is no add to cart option on the website. I called and left a message, but they are located right where Helene just hit, and the phone line sounded like it. Hopefully they weren't effected.

No problem at all - thank you



Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

The very first email address in my last post is correct. I don't know why a variation of the address appears after that. I tried to edit it out 4 times unsuccessfully.?  Let us know weather or not this works for you. I too would like to purchase a coupole of them. 

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parts-sales@realgaskets.com     has worked for me. I'll try contacting them too and thanks for the information....

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Does RTG have an email address? I have been on their website to order and cannot find the listing, but could also not find an email address for their company.

I will try calling them tomorrow as well.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I will send RGT a rocker cover gasket to be used as a pattern. I also want to mention that Ted did evaluate the silicone gasket and gave it a thumbs up. This helped provide confidence to move forward with this project. 

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