Greetings,
For those of you interested, HYLOMAR hi-temp gasket dressing, which is
specified all over the place in the Bentley manuals, is availabe here in the
U.S. It is sold as LOCTITE #819 (part # 81997), comes in a brown package with
a 1.5oz tube for about $4.00. It is carried by quite a few of auto-parts
stores - NAPA, Big A, Kragen, Pep Boys, etc... at least in my part of
California.
And yes, my TR is completely rust-free as well -- imported into San Francisco
and spent it whle life in California, although *probably* not near the ocean...
Steve Sutton
74 1/2 TR-6
ssutton@ridgecrest.ca.us
> From: Phil Beesley <pb14@leicester.ac.uk>, on 10/3/96 1:46 PM:
> Dee Jackson <dee_jackson@gilbarco.com> wrote:
> > Lastly, while most I've talked with recommend putting the gasket on "bare"
> > (the gasket, not me), Kipping says to use Hylomar (sp?) around the oil
> > passage opening. (This may make sense since that's where my leak seems to
> > be coming from). I assume Hylomar to be some sealing material, but I've
> > never seen any here in the States. Is there an Americanized equivalent,
> > copper spray, perhaps? Should any sealant be used?
>
> Hylomar is quite popular in the UK and costs a little bit more than
> other gasket sealants. It looks exactly the same as the other blue
> sealants that you wouldn't dream of using on a cylinder head gasket
> but in my experience it does work. The last tube I bought proudly
> proclaimed "as used by Rolls Royce" on the packaging so it may be
> available in the States.
>
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