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Gasket material stryped 11-06-2008
Posted by stryped on November 6, 2008, 8:10 am
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I have some 1/16 cork gasket sheets at home. I am needing the carb to
gas tank and carb to engine gaskets. Can I just make some out of this
material or will it not work because it is a little thicker than the
origional? Or should I use RTV instead of silicone?

I appreciate any help. I have 2 tillers I am tryign to get running so
I can put them up for spring.

Posted by aarcuda69062 on November 6, 2008, 8:27 am
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> I have some 1/16 cork gasket sheets at home. I am needing the carb to
> gas tank and carb to engine gaskets. Can I just make some out of this
> material or will it not work because it is a little thicker than the
> origional?

If the original gaskets were cork, that should work fine.

> Or should I use RTV instead of silicone?

Gasoline will make the RTV/Silicone curdle, leaving you a mess to clean
up.

> I appreciate any help. I have 2 tillers I am tryign to get running so
> I can put them up for spring.

Posted by Dan on November 6, 2008, 11:02 am
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I would have to use exactly the same thickness. Thickness does matter
sometimes in carburators.
Silicone won't work.
You can use brown paper, like a paper bag or a file folder. Tons of
paper out there in many different thicknesses. Use a micrometer and
get a close as possible.

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 05:10:59 -0800 (PST), stryped

>I have some 1/16 cork gasket sheets at home. I am needing the carb to
>gas tank and carb to engine gaskets. Can I just make some out of this
>material or will it not work because it is a little thicker than the
>origional? Or should I use RTV instead of silicone?
>
>I appreciate any help. I have 2 tillers I am tryign to get running so
>I can put them up for spring.


Posted by stryped on November 6, 2008, 11:36 am
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On Nov 6, 10:02=A0am, Dan@ (Dan ) wrote:
> I would have to use exactly the same thickness. Thickness does matter
> sometimes in carburators.
> Silicone won't work.
> You can use brown paper, like a paper bag or a file folder. Tons of
> paper out there in many different thicknesses. Use a micrometer and
> get a close as possible.
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 05:10:59 -0800 (PST), stryped
>
>
>
> >I have some 1/16 cork gasket sheets at home. I am needing the carb to
> >gas tank and carb to engine gaskets. Can I just make some out of this
> >material or will it not work because it is a little thicker than the
> >origional? Or should I use RTV instead of silicone?
>
> >I appreciate any help. I have 2 tillers I am tryign to get running so
> >I can put them up for spring.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Can you tell me how thick these gaskets are? I done have enough of one
left to measure.

Posted by Dan on November 7, 2008, 8:44 am
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>>Can I just make some out of this material or will it not work because it is a
little thicker than the origional? Or should I use RTV instead of silicone?<<

Sorry, this comment led me to believe you had at least a piece of the
original gasket left.

Go to this link and ask these fellas. They are the Antique Small
Engine Collectors Club. If they can't tell you exactly what you need,
no one can.

http://www.asecc.com/

This link is to pictures of carburators and carburators and more
carburators..

http://www.asecc.com/data/briggs/carbtyp.html

This is a neat web site.

Dan

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