Bob -
A good trick is to apply liberal amounts of antiseize to the copper gasket
prior to assembly. It will make a smokey mess on start up, but it will help
preserve the gasket for a very long time. I haven't touched mine in 50k
miles.. honest... no exhaust leaks!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 12/19/05, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Anyone have a source for exhaust flange gaskets that last more than 10K
> miles?
>
> I've tried the copper-faced type and the perforated steel(?) type from
> the usual
> suppliers and neither is good for more than that.
>
> TIA,
>
> bs
>
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> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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