FLOODS & 61 Jetaway Tranny Rubber Gasket and Neoprene F&R Bushes

[Caddy Daddy]

Hi everyone, well its just after the big flood here in Queensland, I was not affected, but I feel sorry for those that were, I am sure there will be a few less classics cruising the streets at the moment.

I am just wanting some info if any one can help me, I am after a rubber pan gasket for my 61's Jetaway Transmission if there is one available, or after many attempts, how do we stop it leaking, it has been rebuilt but my local mechanic and he just can't stop the leak, any ideas? The new cork one is just not enough.

Also I need to know do they make any Neoprene Bushes for the upper control arm and for the rear trailing arm?

Thanks in advance, Regards Milton Watkins

[Coupe]

If you cannot find a rubber gasket try glueing 2 cork gaskets together using either hi-tack or super glue for porous material. I've had success doing that with warped valve covers that did not want to seal.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

G'day Milton,

Good to hear that you are high and dry(ish).

If your Pan is leaking with the Cork Gasket, then it will most probably leak with any gasket.

Whenever I install a Transmission Gasket, I use Vaseline as the "sealant", and coat both sides of the gasket, and torque the bolts to the correct tension as per the Workshop Manual.   Well, actually by feel, but I can pretty well judge these things.

But, you have to make sure that the pan flange is perfectly flat, and if necessary, deftly make it flat with a hammer, (in the right place) to ensure complete contact.

Heavy-handed people can destroy the sealing properties of anything by doing up bolts too tight, and it doesn't take much to flatten out a Cork Gasket.

If the Neoprene Gaskets were better, then the Factory would have used them, but Cork has been used for many many years, with no problems.

The same goes for Rocker Cover and Sump Gaskets.   Some people swear by Neoprene Gaskets, but the factory always used cork.

It isn't hard to straighten a tin gasket-sealing surface.

Bruce.

PS.   I think all the Bushes for the Control Arms are either Neoprene, or Rubber.   The major difference is that Rubber will dissolve in Petrol.

[Caddy Daddy]

Hi guys, thanks for the replies, I will try one of these methods and see how I go, and let you know if it stopped leaking, thanks again. Regards Milton