I posted an earlier post on replacing rear seal on my 312' Merc. Today, I took the flywheel inspection cover off and found no evidence of a rear seal leak. The flywheel was dry and the clutch side was dry also. This is a 4-Speed car and I would assume that if the rear seal was leaking with the amount of oil It's leaving on the garage floor that the clutch would slip under load (lugging than accelerating). Am I correct in this assumption?

I had the car on a lift and could see no leakage from the valve covers or the rear of the intake manifold. The road draft tube was fixed a few months ago and was also dry. The front main seal was dry also.

I cleaned all oil off the bottom of the engine, rear of oil pan, flywheel inspection cover and drippings along the frame. Took it out for a 3 mile test drive. Back on the lift....I found oil at the rear of the oil pan and starting to run down the flywheel inspection cover. It looks to me like the oil pan gasket is shot!!!

What is the best pan gasket to use and where is the source to buy? ALSO....does the motor have to be jacked up to remove the pan? All thoughts and suggestions greatly appreciated~~~~~Ron

Still Livin In The 50's!!!  '55 Tudor Customline with a 312ci Merc/4-Speed/Granada Rear.