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To: "Spit List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Exhaust gasket
From: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:41:29 +0100
I have no idea of the answer to this question, can anyone help Richard out?
Suzie

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
To: suzie_bear <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:53 PM
Subject: Exhaust gasket


> Suzie,
>
> Could you please forward this to the list for me - unless you can answer
it
>  yourself!  Many many thanks, Richard
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Does anyone have an alternative to the copper gasket that goes between the
>  exhaust manifold and the down-pipe?  The b*%$^@y thing has just blown on
me
>  AGAIN - I seem to be replacing it almost monthly!  Admittedly this time a
nut
>  had worked loose, so there was some sort of excuse for Daffy, but
sometimes it
>  seems to go for no particularly good reason.
>
> What about Liquid Gasket?  I have heard the name before, but I have no
idea
>  what it is - would it be suitable for this application?  Alternatively,
what
>  about doing away with the gasket altogether?  How good is the seal if you
>  clamp the down-pipe directly to the manifold.  I can live with a little
extra
>  noise, but would that cause me to fail the MOT due about 1 1/2 months
from now
>  (question only applies to UK listers!)?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Richard and (noisy) Daffy
>


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