You can buy a nice solvent from NAPA that is made by 3M. It is very good, but
you have to use in a well ventilated place. After you have removed as much of
the gasket as is reasonable, then use a little paper towel that you lay on the
remainer, squirt some of the solvent, and lay some aluminum foil over this, and
let sit for an hour or so. Then use a putty knife to finish scraping...
Cheers.
MPRICE@keystonesystems.com wrote:
> You might want to try brake cleaner. That stuff seems to take off
> everything....including a couple layers of skin. Spray, soak, gently scrape,
> repeat.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Scarbrough [mailto:jeff@negia.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:22 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Gasket remover
>
> You can wear away a lot of soft metal with a wire brush...I wouldn't
> recommend it! What I've always used is ~lots~ of elbow grease and a
> single-edged razor blade in a suitable holder. Not the fastest, but leaves
> the surfaces relatively undamaged...
>
> Jeff "Schmieraffe" Scarbrough
>
> At 01:13 PM 2/23/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Wire brush attachment in a power hand drill!
>
> >bstinocher@unipres.com wrote:
> > >
> > > I am in the middle of tearing the old gaskets off of my engine, and am
> > having a
> > > heck of a time getting the old gaskets to come off cleanly (after 20
> > years, I
> > > don't expect them to come off very well anyway). Anyway, I am currently
> > soaking
> > > them with WD40 and Liquid Wrench and then scraping like an idiot with a
> > putty
> > > knife to clean it off. Needless to say, I'm tired of scraping. Anything
> > more
> > > modern, short of sulphuric acid, that would loosen these things any
> better?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Bryan
> >
> >--
> >"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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