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figure eight gaskets trick

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: figure eight gaskets trick
From: John Gillis <jgillis@tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:41:28 +0100
Hi all,
        I just read this one on the TR2-4 home page. Because of the 
poor quality of the figure of eight liner gaskets and their lack of 
compressability (is that a word?) and ability to lift the liners 
above the top of the block someone came up with the idea of gluing a 
.012 inch thick length of copper wire to into a a grove in the 
gasket, thus aiding sealing and allowing the correct height for the 
liners to be obtained. Has anybody tried this or has anyone who has 
not found there to be problems with the gaskets available, either 
steel or copper.
-- 
John Gillis
1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.

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