anyone else who did a rebuild with howells (mopar) bottom end kit have any left over o-rings of various sizes?

I did. But I had a shop put my engine together, so I wasn't really worried about it. I have over 30k miles on the engine, so all is good. :)

I had 2 left over. A large orange one, which turned out to be the seal between the bedplate and block and required repulling the engine and taking the bottom apart again to rectify the massive oil leak that resulted, and the other was this little green rubber band looking this which I threw away to find out later was the gasket for the cam postion sensor, my only real leak after 10,000 miles. :rolleyes

some are for inside the oil pump.

Also, the Melling oil pump comes with 2 o-rings and a front main seal that are also included (duplicates) in the bottom end kit.

One goes in the oil filter housing, I usually forget that one.

You have a seal for your bedplate? Are you sure? If there is a seal it has to be a sealant or that size. it cant be too thick b/c of the space w/ your main bearings.. Unless I am misunderstanding something..

Originally posted by stv
You have a seal for your bedplate? Are you sure? If there is a seal it has to be a sealant or that size. it cant be too thick b/c of the space w/ your main bearings.. Unless I am misunderstanding something..

yeah, i though there was some anaerobic sealant that was supposed to be used.



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yeah that's what I used.. never had a problem.. anything thicker than that would in my opinion be bad (a gasket) b/c of the strict tolerances on the crank main journals..