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Strange, good RC gaskets seem to be one thing that is cheap and easy to get in the UK - about 30c each. I once saw an Italian buying a whole armful of them, so maybe we're lucky for once. Dave. UK VW Type 3&4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org> Date: 31 May 1999 20:03 Subject: [T3] Valve cover gaskets On 31 May 99, at 0:03, S1ckb0y13@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 5/30/99 5:14:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > type3-d-request@vwtype3.org writes: > > << I find that some of the tan cork gaskets are just very thin; the > black rubberized cork ones are much thicker. Tha good gaskets tend to > pretty much fill the recess in the valve cover; the cheap ones rattle > around loose in th簤杩are to be avoided. > >> > how about doubling up on the gaskets? cementing two together to make it > extra thick. just a thought, don't know if i'd do it or not. Any thoughts? That might be tempting except that the same gaskets that seem to be too thin are also almost always small in the other directions, too; they don't fit up to the edge of the recess in the valve cover. These gaskets are hard to keep sealed all around because they often creep off in one direction or another and "fall off the edge" on the other side. It's a mystery to me as to why anyone would make such a gasket. They don't work well and they don't generate any sales after the first one. It is getting harder every year to find the good ones, but it is WELL worth the effort. JIm - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/