Oil pan gasket 59 ab

[dduke]

I've seen in other posts about installing new oil pan gaskets, even a thread with a few pix, & so far, I installed the rear cork fine, I put the front rope into the pan, but not sure about what's been said, to leave 3/64 at the ends. The main pan gasket goes all the way and covers the end of the rope, so why wouldn't I just cut the rope even with the pan flange? And I saw where a bit of white lithium grease was put on the rope during install?
Thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

[JSeery]

The ends of the rope seal needs to extend above the casting/pan surfaces. It forces the seal to compress when assembled.

 

[dduke]

Thanks, so you're saying put the pan gasket over the extended rope end and that helps compress the rope in and seal it, makes sense.