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Originally Posted by Cliff R

Here is the best way to seal the rear of the pan. Forget any type of rubber seal, they have a BAD habit of squishing out and starting a major oil leak. I cut a custom seal from a piece of 1/4" thick rubber impreganted cork material. It's available on-line.

Then just apply a dab of RTV to the ends, set the pan and not one drop of oil will every get past it.......

thanks for showing pics of the cork gasket. some gasket kits include a piece of 1/4 cork gasket for this.

my milodon pan that is designed for the early the 3 tab style rubber seal was installed with the cork gasket as per the link from mr p body i posted above. i used the 5 prong rubber seal before i knew about the cork on 2 other cars & they are doing good 10-12+ years later, but they have a double bead & the 5 tabs retain the seal better than the crappy early 3 prong one.