The D I've been working on (I really do need to get the vin for you guys) leaks a bit of oil. To look at the gaskits around the timeing chain cover and the oil-pan, it looks like the red form-a-gaskit some people use on their valve covers. We've heard that this was done at the factory with the expectation that these cars would come in for service and have the real gaskits installed, but not all of the cars returned in time. (very early '81) We have the kit to replace the gaskits and have been thinking that we could either try to lift the engine up a few inches at the back w/ the mount bolts removed, OR (prefered) remove the engine. In looking at the car, it looks like it would make for a simple job to remove the engine by removeing the back of the car. Are we at least on the right track? All of the other engines I've removed have been out of larger cars with much more clearance around the engine to get it out of the hood area. Any info would be helpful. The engine has just over 9k miles on it and we'd like to get the seal tight on the oil pan as the botom of the engine already looks like crap from the oil. -=mike=- *-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-* | http://www.poulincomm.com | | http://www.WWJP.com | *-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.eGroups.com - Simplifying group communications