What great memories!! after a quick fix there was nothing more exotic than
the smell of fresh Permatex from a hot engine.
Lance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
To: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: intake gaskets sealant
> Scott-- there's some basic surface defect or alignment problem with that
> intake manifold that you'll likely have to solve sooner or later.
> Meantime--some of us oldtimers used to use #2 Permatex when we didn't have
> a
> new gasket (and we had to pick up our date in an hour). Works especially
> well on flathead water pmps. Comes in a tube. It's alcohol based.
> Doesn't
> harden. Really sticky stuff. It's a little messy and you have to work at
> it to get it off the gasket surfaces. I like to use it for those
> situations
> where nothing else works. Latest success with the stuff was getting a
> cheap tubeless wheelbarrow tire to rim seal against 30psi when nothing
> else
> would work.
> Ed Weldon
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