Re: [Chrysler300] Advice needed: 413 and 727 leaks

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxx>]

Doug,
When you get your new O ring, take it down to an industrial supply house 
and see if they can supply a "Viton" O ring in that size, it will last 
longer than the original type. It will cost twice as much (another 50 cents 
or so).
I vote for the cast-aluminum valve covers, the originals have to be 
straightened perfectly and tightened just so, to seal, the first time you 
forget and tighten the bolts you are back to square one, all over again.
Mike

At 05:27 PM 12/1/2003 +0000, dnkjones@xxxx wrote:

> Hi 300 folk,
>
> Well, the 413 transplant into my Pace Setter is one of those 'one step 
> forward
> and two steps back' affairs. I finally got to where I could put fluids in it
> and two fairly familiar MoParly leaks immediately made themselves known.
>
> 1) The pushbutton shift cable where it enters the transmission housing.
> Where do you get a new O ring for the cable? Does that really stop the leak
> or are there tricks you have learned over the years to stop this thing from
> leaking?
>
> 2) The rear of the rocker covers, which are the old 4-stud variety that 
> likes
> to 'canoe' when attached. Oil is pouring past the nice new cork gasket on 
> the
> left rear corner. Should I go with a cast aluminum non-stock rocker cover
> set, or is there a secret 300 Club way to get the oil to stay inside the 
> cover
> with the stock ones?