If Justin isn't listening, I can report that I just recently asked him about
the oil pan gasket when I ordered a valve cover gasket. He said that the oil
pan variety would be too expensive to manufacture to offer at a reasonable
cost.
John Howard
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:18 PM, John & Pat Donnelly <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>wrote:
> I seem to recall a few years ago that Justin Wagner was developing a
> silicone gasket for oil pans. Did that ever happen?
>
> Johnnie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-
> > bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
> > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:47 PM
> > Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [TR] Oil pan leak
> >
> > > There is a seal around the push rod in the fuel pump that
> > > keeps oil out of the vent hole and fuel out of the oil (in
> > > the event of a leaky diaphram). It may be missing or
> > > defective. The fuel pump rebuild kit that I bought from TRF
> > > included a new seal.
> >
> > Just to expand on that a bit, those seals were not included in the
> > rebuild
> > kits for a long time. IIRC, even the kit I got in an 'AC' box didn't
> > have
> > it. (I found an old brake cylinder seal to use instead.)
> >
> > I also recently got a kit from TRF that included the seal; but perhaps
> > other
> > vendors are still selling kits without the seal.
> >
> > -- Randall
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