I'm kind of old and old school, and I just noticed this thread, but we used to
soak cork gaskets over night
in water before we used them. No sealer.
Gary
Russell
Texas
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From: Jim Gammon
<gtpjimgammon@yahoo.com>
To: "lmflaming@comcast.net" <lmflaming@comcast.net>
Cc: Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, September 22,
2010 3:37:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] (no subject)
Buna N cork is the good
stuff
Industrial stuff, not cheap
JimG
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On Sep 22,
2010, at 3:05 PM, lmflaming@comcast.net wrote:
> On my valve cover on my 66 I
tried 2 cork gaskets and they severly leaked.
I
> then used Permatex Ultra
Blue with no gasket. I put abut a 5/16 inch high
and
> wide bead around the
head and placed the cover on it and finger tightened
the
> cover leaving a
little to tighten after 24 hours.B I then tightened it a
turn
> and it leaked
so I tightened it a little more and it stopped leaking. In
the
> end I
tightened it pretty tight and was scared it may crack the cover but
it
> did
not and itB has no leaks. Tightening it that tight is not a good thing
to
> do
but it did work for me. I'm sure I'm way past the Tork specs.
>
> LarryB
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Harris" <harris_seq@yahoo.com>
>
To: Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
12:48:16 PM
> Subject: [Roadsters] (no subject)
>
> I would suggest Permatex
Ultra Black and stay away from the RTV blue, the
blue
> sealers tend to expand
when they come into contact with oil (rearend dope)
use
> a bead around an
1/8" thick and be sure to completely circle the bolt
holes.
> B
>
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