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Best advice for installing the pan is just be liberal w/ the RTV. I was quite liberal with it and don't think I have a leak (I'll have to look closely again). The catch can splooging oil everywhere makes it hard for me to tell, but I'm pretty sure I don't have a leak.
I know someone else local that installed the pan, and had to remove it and reinstall it because it leaked a little. Just used some extra RTV 2nd time around and that did the trick.
I know someone else local that installed the pan, and had to remove it and reinstall it because it leaked a little. Just used some extra RTV 2nd time around and that did the trick.
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Originally Posted by hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216
sorry hopefully that fixed it
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From: Greenwood, AR
Originally Posted by hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216
Works for me now. Thanks for posting the video, Mike.
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Originally Posted by goldenfri' timestamp='1420497415' post='23457227
[quote name='hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216']
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
Works for me now. Thanks for posting the video, Mike.
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The remarking of the dipstick was a "generic" instruction that really didn't apply to us. like we discussed in the old thread, it applies to situations where the shape of the pan has changed a lot. With ours, the dipstick reference markings remain unchanged.
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Originally Posted by SlowTeg' timestamp='1420485138' post='23456899
Best advice for installing the pan is just be liberal w/ the RTV. I was quite liberal with it and don't think I have a leak (I'll have to look closely again). The catch can splooging oil everywhere makes it hard for me to tell, but I'm pretty sure I don't have a leak.
I know someone else local that installed the pan, and had to remove it and reinstall it because it leaked a little. Just used some extra RTV 2nd time around and that did the trick.
I know someone else local that installed the pan, and had to remove it and reinstall it because it leaked a little. Just used some extra RTV 2nd time around and that did the trick.
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From: Greenwood, AR
Putting the pan on a belt sander to get the powder of probably would do more good in getting the flange straight. 
Video is private
Something I don't understand... Why did Canton's instructions want us to change the mark on our dipstick? I'm sure all here would agree that the oil level on the dipstick should remain unchanged.
Works for me now. Thanks for posting the video, Mike.
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The remarking of the dipstick was a "generic" instruction that really didn't apply to us. like we discussed in the old thread, it applies to situations where the shape of the pan has changed a lot. With ours, the dipstick reference markings remain unchanged.
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I still cannot think of a reason why you would want the oil level any different. I am also not sure why "generic" instructions would be supplied if they are not applicable. Some people follow directions.
Originally Posted by yamahaSHO' timestamp='1420505535' post='23457365
[quote name='goldenfri' timestamp='1420497415' post='23457227']
[quote name='hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216']
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
[quote name='hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216']
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
Works for me now. Thanks for posting the video, Mike.
[/quote]
The remarking of the dipstick was a "generic" instruction that really didn't apply to us. like we discussed in the old thread, it applies to situations where the shape of the pan has changed a lot. With ours, the dipstick reference markings remain unchanged.
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I still cannot think of a reason why you would want the oil level any different. I am also not sure why "generic" instructions would be supplied if they are not applicable. Some people follow directions.
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Originally Posted by davidc1' timestamp='1420506525' post='23457387
[quote name='yamahaSHO' timestamp='1420505535' post='23457365']
[quote name='goldenfri' timestamp='1420497415' post='23457227']
[quote name='hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216']
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
[quote name='goldenfri' timestamp='1420497415' post='23457227']
[quote name='hondalovr13' timestamp='1420496876' post='23457216']
broken weld
sorry for the short and low quality, but you can still see what happened.
Works for me now. Thanks for posting the video, Mike.
[/quote]
The remarking of the dipstick was a "generic" instruction that really didn't apply to us. like we discussed in the old thread, it applies to situations where the shape of the pan has changed a lot. With ours, the dipstick reference markings remain unchanged.
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I still cannot think of a reason why you would want the oil level any different. I am also not sure why "generic" instructions would be supplied if they are not applicable. Some people follow directions.
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Or if you are using a different oil pickup head you may need to remark the dipstick.
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From: Greenwood, AR
I still don't see it. Ideally, you want it as high as you can go without making contact with the spinning crank. Unless these other pans have poor oil control under G's and allow oil to come up and hit the spinning crankshaft.