I would take it abck and get a neoprene gasket and use the RTV to attach it to
the valve cover or do like the factory used to do and just use RTV as the
gasket. It has to be really clean for that to work. Use carb cleaner or brake
parts cleaner to remove the unwanted oil on the rail.
Charles Culver wrote:
> 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
> '50 3600 5-window (mine)
> '58 Apache (hers)
> See 'em at: http://sites.netscape.net/ChrlsCul/homepage
>
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