Cork Gaskets
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Topic: Cork Gaskets
Posted By: Ted in NE-OH
Subject: Cork Gaskets
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 9:43pm
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I have a number of cork gaskets for the final drive pan on a "C". They are old and over the years they have shrunk and no longer fit. Is there anything I can do to get them to expand?
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 9:59pm
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Put them in a shallow pan of steaming water. It might sound stupid (that's what I thought anyway) but it will soften them up. I had NOS valve cover gaskets for a 318, 65 Dodge Dartand they worked great after steaming. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 10:28pm
| I've used that same trick to get old "shrunk cork gaskets soft and back to size. Even floating them in a pan of very hot water will work. For large ones, I've even soaked them in very hot water in the bath tub when no one was looking!! |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 10:38pm
 No one was looking but did you clean up like a CIS investigator to keep from getting found out?
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 10:45pm
Oh, Yah!!
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2012 at 10:53pm
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Always did that back in the 50/60 with cork gaskets , soak and install . Transmission pan gaskets were bad for shrinking and that was before they added neoprene to the cork like many valve cover gaskets did later. ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2012 at 6:52am
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Phil I have heard of the little yellow rubber duckies in the bath tub, but never cork gaskets.  Ummm, not too sure about your habits lol.
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