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Re: [oletrucks] Installing valve cover gasket

To: sculver@iwl.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Installing valve cover gasket
From: Passnb4U@aol.com
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:20:23 EST
In a message dated 10/29/00 12:58:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
sculver@iwl.net writes:

> 
>  This sounds like a dumb question, but I need to know.  I had to pull my
>  valve cover off because the blue silicone gasket material that I had
>  originally used just didn't work.  Now I have a thick cork gasket to 
replace
>  it with, but I don't know if it's necessary to use anything like Permatex 
or
>  a light coat of the silicone, or can I just tighten it down without
>  anything?
>  
>  Thanks!
>  
>  Smokey Culver, League City, Texas


  Smokey,

  I use a light film to just hold the gasket in place on the cover.  Before 
installing the gasket, put the cover down on a flat surface and make sure 
it's flat...use a hammer to re-flatten the edges if necessary.

  Mike
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