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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Haste makes
WASTE!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>That's why I'm trying
to get as much homework done now... before I start in with wrenches &
stuff. Next time, as a veteran, I'll be able to do it in my
sleep!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>D.O.
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<A title=sytydave@gmail.com href="mailto:sytydave@gmail.com">Dave Goodhue</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=seravilo@netzero.net
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">DOlivares</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=syty@syty.org
href="mailto:syty@syty.org">SYTY</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 02, 2007 11:01
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Syty] Valve-Cover
Gaskets...?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Not to be critical,
Dave, but RTV is a GASKET-<EM>SUBSTITUTE</EM>, not a
gasket-sealer/adhesive. Depending on one's plans for eventual or
repeated disassembly of a gasketed part, he should use something on the
spectrum from Hylomar to "Gorilla Snot" 3M Weatherstrip Adhesive....
Using RTV for a closed-groove gasket would generate a lot of cure-gas and
weaken the contact points where the original "set" took place as the vapor
tried to escape. I'd <EM>never</EM> use RTV-silicone for that
application; besides, the curing and subsequent re-heating outgases tend to
foul, coat, and prematurely disable oxygen sensors! Just a
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<DIV>I know it wasn't the right application, I had used only dabs in 6
places. The RTV didn't stick to the metal valve covers
anyways, and I didn't reuse those gaskets. </DIV>
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<DIV>It was a time of desperation, I had already slice two of my fingers
trying to put the valve cover while trying to hold the gasket in place &
it hot as hell, with sweat dripping in my eyes. The valve
covers had been leaking, I was doing this at night in my
garage and I was getting ready to make a 500 mile each way trip
to a meet the next day, so I had to start trying something, I ned the valve
cover on that night. On the trip, one of the covers still leaked
and I ended up redoing it and using those binding clips.
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