Can you use cardboard? Gaskets??

[ImpulseRocket]

Card stock paper can also work. It's a bit less durable than cereal box, but it does still seal. Combine either with some sort of dressing, like Henkels Aviation Gasket sealant and it can provide a long service life. I know more than a few old timers that use this method for all of their gaskets, especially with old engines that may not have gaskets available anymore.

 

[GW's Motorized]

I'm talking in a pinch when it's not reg avail

Yeah, it works fine. Like I said earlier, I've done it when the hardware store was closed on sunday.

 

[Chainlube]

Card stock paper can also work. It's a bit less durable than cereal box, but it does still seal. Combine either with some sort of dressing, like Henkels Aviation Gasket sealant and it can provide a long service life. I know more than a few old timers that use this method for all of their gaskets, especially with old engines that may not have gaskets available anymore.

You know, my spitfire has a gasket between the dizzy and the block that's made from a paper bag. It sets the end play on the distributor, all it gets is a little oil.

 

[Wrench]

You know, my spitfire has a gasket between the dizzy and the block that's made from a paper bag. It sets the end play on the distributor, all it gets is a little oil.

Yep, that's the best gasket Brits can make LOL jkn

Buy original gaskets for any old car and there's gonna be a few paper ones, They work

 

[Chainlube]

Yep, that's the best gasket Brits can make LOL jkn

Buy original gaskets for any old car and there's gonna be a few paper ones, They work

Exhaust/intake manifold and head gaskets are the only ones that aren't paper. It's like they did all the machining and then said "Oh Cr??".

 

[Wrench]

There was a couple gaskets (hole block off plates on the heads) on my old V star 1100 that had paper gaskets,
of course those sweated oil, I replaced them with Felpro rubber fiber gasket material and they never sweated oil again

 

[ImpulseRocket]

There was a couple gaskets (hole block off plates on the heads) on my old V star 1100 that had paper gaskets,
of course those sweated oil, I replaced them with Felpro rubber fiber gasket material and they never sweated oil again

which is why I like using that aviation gasket sealant. Helps stop the sweating issue caused by the fibers wicking the oil.

 

[Wrench]

which is why I like using that aviation gasket sealant. Helps stop the sweating issue caused by the fibers wicking the oil.

alot of the other gaskets on that V Star were O rings

 

[Wrench]

which is why I like using that aviation gasket sealant. Helps stop the sweating issue caused by the fibers wicking the oil.

On that V Star the O ring gaskets on the F&R cyl exhaust valve covers were right over the exhaust pipes
Manual said to replace them every 4K miles with valve lash inspection
The valve lash never moved but those O ring gaskets got too hot and would sweat/ leak oil after about 10 k miles
So I had a bunch of those O ring gaskets ready