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Re: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets

To: <triosan@gmail.com>, <tony@tonydrews.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets
From: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:51:37 -0600
I bought one from this same guy for my Spitfire (stock valve cover gasket) and 
have been very happy with it.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net <fot-bounces@autox.team.net>
To: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
Cc: Triumph <6pack@autox.team.net>; FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat Jan 16 11:57:51 2010
Subject: Re: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets

I use these for the 6 cylinder with non-stock valve cover:

Had very good luck with one a guy sells on ebay all the time.
Glue it to the cover so if you have to have head work done you do not
lose it [ask me how I know].
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220296018075&ss
PageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

vendor name is roadstergaskets

Chuck

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com> wrote:
> This is probably a good place to start:
> http://jmwagnersales.com/
>
> Works with the stock valve cover, not the aluminum one as I recall.  The
> folks who have them seem to love them.  You really need to have the engine
> cool to install the valve cover with this gasket in place - the heat
expands
> the gasket and makes things difficult for installation.  So, if you're
> frequently pulling the valve cover between sessions at the track it's a bit
> of a challenge.  Otherwise, it's a nice solution.
>
> - Tony Drews
>
> At 10:20 AM 1/16/2010, Mark Pendergrass wrote:
>>
>> Guess i'm outta the loop here, how do i/we get more info. on this product,
>> Mark P.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "marty sukey" <trmarty@hotmail.com>
>> To: "Scott Janzen" <s.janzen@comcast.net>; "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets
>>
>>
>>> I have one of Justin Wagner's gaskets on my engine and would definitely
>>> do it
>>> again. Good stuff.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>>> From: s.janzen@comcast.net
>>>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>>>> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:20:51 -0500
>>>> Subject: [Fot] silicone Valve Cover Gaskets
>>>>
>>>> has anyone had good or bad experiences with these?  Thinking about
>>>> replacing the leaky cork one on my GT6 - it does have an alloy cover.
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing this has been discussed before - is there a way to search
>>>> the archives by subject?
>
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