<div dir="ltr">I used a body hammer and dolly - was pretty easy to get them flat again. IMO a hammer blow is much more effective than a tightening bolt will be.<div><br></div><div>After that I installed the gasket to the pan using RTV and set the whole works gasket-down on a sheet of glass. The result was a sealed gasket with a very flat surface to present to the machined bottom of the block. A non-hardening sealer (e.g. Hylomar) will then work with that. With a bit of care the gasket will stay with the pan upon removal and can be re-used.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:16 AM Sujit Roy <<a href="mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com">triumphstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> The PO put gallons of sealer around the pan/ sump and over tightened all the bolts. They are all raises and .if I put a flat rule between holes, I can notice at least 1 or more mm gap.<br><br>I am thinking of using a nut and bolt with a few washers to hopefully make the bolts holes flat again. Are there any other good simpler ways to do this. I don't want to hammer them as I think I will do more damage.<br><br>Sujit <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-5275220951000333500gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sujit Roy<br>Cupertino, California</div><div><br><a href="https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/</a><br><br></div></div></div></div>
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