RE: Removing the cork residue

["Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>]

> What have you folks done to get the valve cover clean as a whistle before
> putting on one of these handy dandy gaskets?

Check at your local auto parts store for spray "carb cleaner" that has
methylene chloride in it.  (Some do, some don't, Gumout doesn't.)  It will
soften cork (as well as paint, etc., so be careful with it).  While you're
there, pick up a gasket scraper.

In a pinch, I use my pocketknife as a gasket scraper, but you have to be
careful not to gouge the surface.

Randall