If you need to remove the valve cover on a hot engine, just make sure
you have a bucket of ice water standing by.... If you soak the gasket
in ice water, it will shrink and be far easier to re-install. My own
tests showed that this shrunk the gasket further than sticking it in a
freezer. Go figure!
You could glue the gasket to the valve cover with RTV silicone gasket
maker. I didn't recommend it (for the 4 banger TRs) over the years, as
I felt, in theory, the gasket might not last as long. However, it's
mandatory for the TR6 type gaskets and it has worked out well. You
could give it a try. I would be interested to hear how it worked for you.
The gaskets don't work with alloy covers. (Though I learned when I was
in England, that one of the works TR4's has one installed under an alloy
cover. Nevertheless, I don't recommend it.)
FOT.... remember... you all get $10 off gaskets for your Race Cars.
I've been offering that since the gaskets and FOT were born.
--Justin
Tony Drews wrote:
> This is probably a good place to start:
> http://jmwagnersales.com/
>
> Works with the stock valve cover, not the aluminum one as I recall.
> The folks who have them seem to love them. You really need to have
> the engine cool to install the valve cover with this gasket in place -
> the heat expands the gasket and makes things difficult for
> installation. So, if you're frequently pulling the valve cover
> between sessions at the track it's a bit of a challenge. Otherwise,
> it's a nice solution.
>
> - Tony Drews
>
> At 10:20 AM 1/16/2010, Mark Pendergrass wrote:
>
>> Guess i'm outta the loop here, how do i/we get more info. on this
>> product, Mark P.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "marty sukey" <trmarty@hotmail.com>
>> To: "Scott Janzen" <s.janzen@comcast.net>; "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets
>>
>>
>>> I have one of Justin Wagner's gaskets on my engine and would
>>> definitely do it
>>> again. Good stuff.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>>> From: s.janzen@comcast.net
>>>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>>>> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:20:51 -0500
>>>> Subject: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets
>>>>
>>>> has anyone had good or bad experiences with these? Thinking about
>>>> replacing the leaky cork one on my GT6 - it does have an alloy cover.
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing this has been discussed before - is there a way to search
>>>> the archives by subject?
>>>
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