The good news is that I got the leaked fixed between the timing gear cover and the pulley hub at the crank on my 51 HJ 4 banger. I used a "speedy sleeve because the hub wasn't very smooth. I also discovered by trial and error that there is supposed to be a round cork gasket in a recess in the spacer between the spacer and the slinger to seal around the shaft. I sure wish my shop manual showed all the gaskets required. The car was missing a lot of stuff on the engine when I bought it.
The engine runs great after the rebuild, by the way!
Now the bad news.
I have antifreeze leaking out around the head studs that penetrate into the water chamber in the block.
I tried using a copper silicone sealant made by Permatex on the threads that go into the block. I also tried FormAGasket #2. Neither worked.
Does anyone have any suggestions other that running AlumiSeal or some similar product in the cooling system for a week and then draining it out?
