318 Oil Pan Gasket/Sealing techniques?
Not sure they make one for 318, but I run the rubber one piece gasket for my 360. I made little wooden half circle blocks for ends and screwed them to plywood with blue masking tape on it. Then I RTV the gasket to the pan and put weights on the bottom of the pan to compress it a bit. Then I let it fully cure. Take it off the pan and RTV it to the block and just tighten the bolts enough to make contact all the way around. Let it cure fully and then snug up the bolts. It works for me, I hate oil leaks. I’m very stingy with the RTV. Doing it in the car it’s hard not to dislodge the gasket, why I “glue” it to the pan.