[Fot] 6cyl TR Valve cover gasket

[Don Carter]

Bob,
What I did might help you if you are looking to have a silicon gasket.  I
got rather tired of leaking gaskets myself on an after market cover that
does not have a groove to hold the cork/rubber stock setup the is too narrow
to work on the aluminum valve cover.  I bought a set of small block V-8
Chevy silicon gaskets and made one gasket from the two to fit my TR6. I have
used it now for 5 years, and it has lasted through numerous valve
adjustments and one major head rebuild. The trick is to make the splices so
they won't leak. I used a razor blade "saw tooth" shaped cut fitted to each
of the 4 needed splices making the oil, which is under some pressure, have
to work extra hard to get out through the splices.  Then I used RTV in the
splices and to attach it to the flat contact surface of the aluminum cover.
It has never been off of the valve cover in 5 years.  I also like the crisp
blue line it makes between the cover and the head.

Don Carter



-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Davis
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:21 PM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: [Fot] 6cyl TR Valve cover gasket


Has the silicon valve cover gasket for the 6cyl TR made it to market yet? If
not what is the best out there at the moment?

Bob Davis
Mt Dora, FL
59 MGA Coupe
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