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I'm just finishing restoring the engine compartment to stock on my '58 with the usual 235. Before I put everything back together i noticed that my timing chain cover has a slight leak (the engine is untouched and very low milage). I'm going to change the gasket and would like to know if there are any tricks to this change out before I start. I'm relatively new to working on Stovebolts. I want to do it right, can't stand any oil leaks no matter how small. Thanks for the help fellow bolters!!

Hi, Cmayna has some great threads on this operation you can search up with contributions from some of the best minds in the 'bolt. Check out those and his excellent photos too. Hope you get enough information from that to get started. Let us know if you need more help.

Usual suspects:
1. The two bolts that secure the bottom of the cover that are accessed from inside the pan. A fix for this is to tap the bearing cap, and drill the tapped holes in the cover bottom so it can be tightened after the pan is installed.
2. A groove in the vibration dampner which causes the seal to leak and fail. You can use a speedy sleeve to get a smooth surface and positive seal in this instance.
3. Make sure cover is properly centered and indexed to the bore for the vibration dampner.
I had trouble locating the threads mentioned above, so here is where to start looking.