preparing for the future

[dynabill]

Hi jerry ya, just checked oil pan, I cans see rtv on outer edges of oil pan, and there is no gap between block and oil pan. it is hard to tell but the warped/curved piece directly south of the ckp hole, is the timing belt cover, it is flexible and will move in with light pressure{north} toward the ckp hole. there is plastic and than a rubber type gasket, that seems to be two pieces. IDK if this is how the tbelt cover comes or not. but that is what I think you were calling the paint, there is lots of oil around that area, also the whole motor, fire wall and every thing ihas a nice protective (?) coat of oil, which really needs to go away. once it is running, first thing is to take it to the car wash and clean whole motor and fire wall. oil has sprayed all the way back to the rear end. Its a freaking mess to work on.
is there a way to make the tbelt cover seal better, or get newish one. also, pic doesn't show it but one bolt on the cover is too long, and other is UA, not there. I temp repaired the long bolt by putting a nut on there. You can almost see it on west side w/o new spacer nut. . also, note that the hole for the bolt on plastic cover is split. where the missing bolt is I will have to remove belt and such to get a new one in there. I think I should still tear it down and check to see if key way is in good shape. do you agree? I am still having trouble uploading pics, I think my files are too big. The ones i sent you were from my iphone. I will try to get those to load on the site. cheers Bill