[madmaxx]

As far as the waterpump gasket you are right, horrible design. If you tighten your regular gasket to tight when assembly it will only extrude, if you do not tighten enough the bolts loosen overtime with the heat cycles and it leaks, I tried shaving wrenches etc to fit there. Two solutions get small heads when you put it together so you can tighten or purchase a Cometic 5663 gasket which replaces the felpro 35066. These are metal line gaskets with rubber run about $12.00. You can tighten the living sheet and they will not extrude and you wont have a leak, if you also want to replace the one betweent the backing plate and timing cover the number is cometic 5662. I know it hurts to spend $25.00 on water pump gaskets, but you wanted the solution.