oil pan gasket removal

i am using a scrapper to remove the original cork gasket from the 472. without much success. is there a spray or anything that will help me out.

A wire wheel always works great for me....joe

thanks for the help. i will try that.

There is a spray called gasket remover, I think made by Permatex. I think you still have to get the biggest part off but it gets that last little bit of glue and gasket off.

I like a narrow putty knife that I sharpen more on a wheel, and single edged razor blades. Those brown feltlike discs they sell at Home Depot and other places work well on an electric drill, but you have to mask and use rags so the particles that are flung don't get into the motor. A shop vac works well when you are done, Barb.

I also bought an air powered gasket remover at Harbor Freight and for the longest time I left it in a drawer because I didn't think it worked well. Then I realized you just don't hold it against the gasket and expect it to do all the work. You have to use it like a regular putty knife and let the vibrating blade help cut the gasket loose. I now like it and use it a lot.

Don

I generally use my die grinder with 3M Roloc Scotch Brite discs. There are cheaper versions from other (Chinese?) manufacturers that work about as well http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...glWMP2M1LZT2bl

...or even just the paint removal wheels found at the big box stores will make short work of those gaskets - and wont hurt the sheet metal oil pan.

i probably labeled the question wrong. the oil pan gasket is stuck like it is welded to the block. i have been using a putty knife and a large flat head screwdriver on it but i am not getting far. i will try to use the suggestions you guys have given me this afternoon after it cools down some outside. thanks everyone

some gaskets were cork and some were paper back then .. sounds like you have the paper kind .. with age they can become hard as wood .. just keep chipping away

thanks hoss i finaly got it off.

Hi Barb, just wanted to make sure you are aware the dip stick tube needs to be relocaed for the El Dorado pan before you bolt everything back together.

If you didn't know, the the tube needs to be pulled out (straightening it as it goes) then the ball bearing neeeds to be moved from the real hole to the front hole and the tube re-inserted in the rear hole and bent to clear the rear main cap and crankshaft. If necessary the full mark on the stick should be marked to indicate full at 5 1/2" below the pan rail.

Barb I've had to use a sharp pocket knife in the past. That Permatex stuff does work well though. It took most of the windshield tar off the windshield frame on my old 48 F1. Glad to hear you got it off!