Tinbasherdan
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We had a grey fergie with a Perkins in and I think every gasket was cornflake packet!
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Totally stig of the dump is cornflakes packet ...
Tinbasherdan
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Aye but the old lass never leaked
Thats Spencer with his fancy punches. Good job I didn't mention I use my cnc milling machine with a homemade drag knife mounted in the spindle and draw them in cad and let it cut them out for me.What's wrong with empty cornflakes packet!! Bloody posh boys with your gasket card and wad punches
On the plus side, it works on conflake packets too, but I can't be bothered picking the glossy side off the pack so they seal proper.
Probably ran out of oilAye but the old lass never leaked
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I use Klinger it always seals.
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Why do you have to 're-visit' this area, is to access the spark plugs?
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no, it only appears to show a small part of the cam shaft, but in order to take the valve cover off this plate needs to come off as well as some of the bolts go through it and the valve cover to hold both down. as itsa renault there are numerous reasons for taking it apart quite often, and each time is a different reason...leaks, duff sensors, replaced the cam shafts, and a few valves, a threaded plug blew out of the old valve cover (for no reason at all i might add, nothing bloked causing a pressure build up) so replaced the cover and the panel as one then a while after this i was doing something and noticed 2 of the bolts were loose, realised the threads were stripped and it was leaking, helicoiled them and have been chasing it since
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And there you have it....I try and help people by sticking my two pence worth in....and there is always one that has to stick a good 30 quids worth in with there cnc cutting and cad programs....well I hope it develops dyslexia. ....
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A big note too all the car development firms through out the world that invest millions and millions of pounds in to gaskets. ..well thanks to fergie and her Perkins and cornflakes you can stuff ya face and fix.produce.repair at a fraction of the cost....
oh...you get a free pair of scissors with the packet
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You've never livedA big note too all the car development firms through out the world that invest millions and millions of pounds in to gaskets. ..well thanks to fergie and her Perkins and cornflakes you can stuff ya face and fix.produce.repair at a fraction of the cost....View attachment 73874 oh...you get a free pair of scissors with the packet
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fairly certain its not that, it has an easy to follow bolt patter, start in the middle with a ratchet to finger tight then tourque to correct figure in the smae pattern working my way out, same as i would with a head etc
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Yes .
I was told that it did two things by the guy who taught me it first, first it let whatever you coated the gasket with (shellac, varnish, thin sparing smear of rtv etc) to make it oil safe penetrate the cardboard to do its job or it starts to ooze slightly a few months later, and secondly when a box is chucked round the supermarket, its the shiny outside that's more likely to incur scratches and be dented slightly so by removing this layer it improves the chances of sucess.
Take that as you find it, I just use gasket paper now because I value my time and having a quids worth of the real thing thats flat and consistant I can just tape the machine beats the time to go find a box in the house, find some rtv or varnish to seal it up and generally fart about. Doesn't do my street cred much good, but that went years ago when I stopped painting bikes matt black to fit in with everyone else's ideas.
If I had to use something in a emergency and I'd ran out, I'd use the paper drop folders from a filing cabinet as the paper grain size is finer, so there's less holes and more gasket surface to start with and it doesn't have that glossy layer to start with plus is shipped in protective wrapping, also if I take a cover off and see a bit of kellogs chicken staring up at me on a new to me motor I want to spend the rest of the week taking it apart to see what else they've done to it inside. I know its no real judge of competance, but I see it and I hear this big dull thud as my enthusiasm for the job falls down.
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bought a box of cheerios today purely for the box (plus i quite like cheerios) so will be making the gasket tomorrow after work
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I reckon I'd rather have the chicken staring up at me than "now wash your hands" & that smell of the old disinfectant Izal Medicated every time it warms up.If you want the ultimate material, Izal. That stuff resisted any efforts to break it down or soften it, and it seems impervious to any and all fluids.
