There's one trick I haven't seen here yet. If you have room to lay the
gasket material against the flange, you can use a small hammer (ball peen
works good) and tap around the inside and outside of the flange and bolt
holes. It leaves a nice impression to trim to.
YMMV
Al
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: Gasket making
>
> Chip Mautz [mailto:gacarnut@myway.com] wrote:
> > RE: Gaskets out of cereal boxes (waxed paperboard)
> >
> > OT, but in my Land Rover owners manual, there was that bit about
> > making gaskets from GRASS while out in the Serengeti... ;-)
>
>
> We once made a new head gasket for an air cooled dirt bike from an
> aluminum Coke can as a temporary fix. It worked so well, that it stayed
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