[Healeys] Ehaust Gaskets

[Oudesluys]

What often works best is to have the mating surfaces machined absolutely 
flat and parallel, and use gaskets made of say 2mm thick copper plate. 
These gaskets can be made up by yourself quite easily. Heat these until 
cherry red and let cool down, either in air or immersed in water. This 
will soften them.
Use copper coated (if available) self locking steel nuts, not the 
variety with a nylon ring obviously but the ones that have a split rim 
or are squashed a bit. If not available the method with a normal nut 
plus thinner locknut is a perfect alternative.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Op 29-6-2012 22:57, Ron Mitchell schreef:
> Recently there was a thread relating to the quality of the Manifold to Exhaust
> down pipe gaskets.  I've search the archives can only find a thread going back
> to June 2007.
>
>
> What was the conclusion on the best source for these gaskets?
> I blew one at Conclave this year on my MkII BN7 Tricarb.  I was lucky to find
> a few people that had spare gaskets and brass nuts with them so the repair was
> made before leaving Louisville.
>
>
> I've owned the car since 1996 and have
> driven 3K to 4K per year.  First time I blew a gasket.  Would like to get a
> good quality set for spares and to return a set to the person that lent me his
> spares.
>
>
> Ron Mitchell
> BN6
> BN7 MkII
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