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>>From: "Woolston Craig" <cwoolsto@ladc.lockheed.com> > >>Checked the valves on the '71 Fastback this weekend and in the course of >doing so noticed that it was time to replace the >>gaskets. When I install a new valve cover gasket, I de-grease them and >scrape any old gasket off with a razor blade. Then I >>apply a light coat of Form-A-Gasket to the inside of the cover where the >gasket goes. Let this tack up and then set the gasket in >>place. Then I apply a light coat of multi-purpose grease to the surface of >the gasket. I find that by doing this I can go 2-3 valve >>checks (3000 miles each) before replacing the valve cover gaskets and not >have them develope any leaks. Just some tricks I >>have learned over the last couple of years. Was wondering if anyone else >did this or had some other helpful tricks... > >I tack the gaskets to the covers in 4 corners and the middles of the two >long sides. Grease is fine; I use oil. DOM"T GLUE THE GASKETS TO THE >$#$^%$^ HEADS! I reuse gaskets until they are too hard to make a depression >in them with my thumbnail. Yes, as someone mentioned, the black rubberized >ones are the good ones; they are almost twice as thick as some of the >cheapies which are too small anyway. > Yea, I forgot to mention NO gluing to the heads. I also guess I have not shop for valve cover gaskets in awhile/more closely, as I only thought the cork ones exsisted (I have about 100 of them, great XMAS gift by the way) and this was my technique to make them last. ------------------------------------- Craig Woolston '70 Sqback and '71 Fastback (stuck plugs :( ) cwoolsto@ladc.lockheed.com