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Re: Gasket for Thermostat Housing

To: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Gasket for Thermostat Housing
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:57:24 -0700
I get'em off-the-shelf at Pep Boys ... bring the old one or a tracing and
match it up on their gasket display.


bs
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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:35 PM
Subject: Gasket for Thermostat Housing


> Anyone replace a thermostat lately?  If so, what kind of gasket or gasket
> material did you use.  I made the mistake of using a gasket sealer--which,
> of course, failed.  I have some gasket material that you lay a bead with
> and then tighten just enough that the material doesn't ooze out.
> 
> Before I use it I wanted to see what others use.  
> 
> BTW--I added a 180 F thermostat----assume that is what most use?
> 
> TIA
> Tom
> 65 BJ8





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