Re: 345-2-A-392, A Bloody Tale, Part Deaux

["Tom Harais" <tjhemh@domain.elided>]

Joe:

I think you jumped the gun a little here. John was talking about valve
cover gaskets not head gaskets.

Me, I'll stick with "The right stuff" and no gasket.

Thanks,

Tom H.


> > Second, don't you just love the way the rubber valve cover gaskets
slide
> > around and then leak?  Don't let them slide.  I don't know why, but it
never
> > occurred to me before to use Permatex AVIATION Form-A-Gasket on the
things.
> > I've used this stuff for years (on aircraft and land vehicles) and it
just
> > never occurred to me before.  It gets as tacky as weather-strip
adhesive but
> > is more of a sealer than adhesive.  It is also impervious to gasoline,
> > should that be a factor to you.
> 
> the problem here is that you will alter your compresion Ratio.  what I
would do is to wedge toothpicks between the cylinder wall and piston, so
the gasket couldn't slip while I was installing the head, then just let
them burn up during combustion.