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Re: Gasket remover

To: "triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>, <bstinocher@unipres.com>
Subject: Re: Gasket remover
From: "Martin Gonzales" <mxgo@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:25:43 -0800charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <8625688E.006D1D51.00@notes1.unipres.com>
Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago.  I finally used single
edged razor blades and holder (your local paint store or hardware store
should have them), that are used to scrape paint from windows.  That works
real well, without damaging the top of the block.

Good Luck

Martin
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>
>
> I am in the middle of tearing the old gaskets off of my engine, and am
having a
> heck of a time getting the old gaskets to come off cleanly (after 20
years, I
> don't expect them to come off very well anyway). Anyway, I am currently
soaking
> them with WD40 and Liquid Wrench and then scraping like an idiot with a
putty
> knife to clean it off. Needless to say, I'm tired of scraping. Anything
more
> modern, short of sulphuric acid, that would loosen these things any
better?
>
> TIA
>
> Bryan
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