- 1. [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Matthew Milkevitch <mmilkevitch@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 07:09:55 -0800 (PST)
- Fellow Listers: Quick question: When installing a new valve cover gasket, should one put some permatex sealant on one or both sides of the gasket (valve cover side and cyl head side) or should the ga
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- 2. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "Chad Cooper" <mgb72@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:14:36 -0600
- You will get lots of opinions I am sure, but leaving it un coated on both sides works fine. Chad '72B Fellow Listers: Quick question: When installing a new valve cover gasket, should one put some pe
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- 3. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "1971-red-mgb" <1971mgb@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:21:15 -0500
- I can tell you how I do mine, I put liquid gasket on the vale cover, then both sides of the gasket and on the cylinder head, I place the gasket on the valve cover and hold the gasket in place with c
- /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00031.html (8,292 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:11:56 -0600
- Matt, Barney has a chapter on his site on this subject. http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/engine/ch107.htm I've always done most of this already and have to say it works well. Larry Daniels 79 MGB LE 60
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- 5. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:21:01 -0800 (PST)
- Hey Matt, Like others will say; there are tons of methods recommended. Here's my two cents. - If the gasket is not deformed from packaging and shipping, you can probably install it dry. To do so, you
- /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00035.html (8,460 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:48:52 -0000
- Depends. On the type and quality/thickness of gasket, whether your cover has any 'crush', whether you replace the rubber gaskets under the domed washers on top of the cover, etc. Leaks from this gask
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- 7. Re: [Mgs] valve cover gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:04:16 -0500
- You will get plenty of opinions on this question. What I do is to use permatex on the gasket surface that fits into the rocker cover, then clamp in place for a few minutes while the goo sets. There
- /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00054.html (8,238 bytes)
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