Patrick,
I'd do the former - glue the gasket to the cover; may-be use some grease
on the cylinder head edge of the gasket. Is the cover lip flat/level?
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
On 04/07/2018 07:32 AM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
> Hello
>
> Having a lot of fun trying to stop a leak from the rear of the rocker
> cover of the BN3.
>
> It?s a standard early C-series six-cylinder and pressed steel rocker
> cover with dome shape nuts.
>
> The question is whether the accepted practice is to stick the cork
> gasket to the rocker cover with no jointing compound between the gasket
> and cylinder head. OR is the accepted practice to apply jointing
> compound to both surfaces?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>
>
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