[Healeys] Gland

[Richard Ewald]

While I have never seen the part in question, I have been following this
thread.  When I first read about the impregnated string, I thought of Oakum
used in plumbing with cast iron drain pipes.  Oakum is stuffed into a joint
between two pieces of cast iron and using a small piece of wood, and a
hammer it is hammered into a solid mass.  Usually then it is covered in
solder.
If for some reason you wanted a lead seal, go to a plumbing store and buy a
bag of lead wool.  Just like steel wool, but make out of lead.  This stuff
is used when you are joining plastic drain pipe to cast iron (where hot
solder would not be appropriate).  Again, the lead wool is stuffed into the
joint and hammered into a solid mass.
Rick

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Healeyguy <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:

> Listers
> While the historical information regarding original material stated is
> correct, gasket sets offered over the last 40 years have had a variety of
> materials.  Indeed I had several head gasket sets in the late 60's / early
> seventies that had a cork replacement, usually dried and split before they
> could be used.  In the 90's there were O-rings included in the sets. Several
> years ago, a visit to the local plumbing supply turned up a suitable
> replacement "gland". Not really a normal O-ring but similar and worked
> (still is) very well.
> Aloha
> Perry
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