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BusBerd Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2005 Posts: 834 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:43 pm Post subject: (pics) Is this the oil filler tube gasket? |
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I cleaned off the old gasket on my oil filler tube but I am coming down to a really hard rubber material underneath it. Is this re remnants of an even older oil filler tube gasket that has fused on to the metal?
I should be scraping it clean down to the METAL for the new gasket, right??? This hard rubber seems like it MIGHT be something inset that the new gasket installs on top of. So I thought I should check before I try to remove this hard black rubber material trying to get to the metal. (this could be the reason for my big oil leak...)
_________________ "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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BusBerd Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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P.S. sorry the pics are kind of crappy. _________________ "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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Wildthings Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Gaskets leave that kind of crap when they are removed. It is some kind of sealant/preservative. You don't need to get it to bare metal, just remove any high spots and maybe run a flat file over it. |
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BusBerd Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Wildthings wrote: |
Gaskets leave that kind of crap when they are removed. It is some kind of sealant/preservative. You don't need to get it to bare metal, just remove any high spots and maybe run a flat file over it. |
good to know. thanks!
I kind of want to get it back to the bare metal, so i will work on loosening up this crap to get it off. _________________ "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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BusBerd wrote: |
Wildthings wrote: |
Gaskets leave that kind of crap when they are removed. It is some kind of sealant/preservative. You don't need to get it to bare metal, just remove any high spots and maybe run a flat file over it. |
good to know. thanks!
I kind of want to get it back to the bare metal, so i will work on loosening up this crap to get it off. |
flat razor blades work well. So does a really sharp flat chisel. I keep one around and a honing stone to sharpen it before every major use. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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BusBerd Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2005 Posts: 834 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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SGKent wrote: |
BusBerd wrote: |
Wildthings wrote: |
Gaskets leave that kind of crap when they are removed. It is some kind of sealant/preservative. You don't need to get it to bare metal, just remove any high spots and maybe run a flat file over it. |
good to know. thanks!
I kind of want to get it back to the bare metal, so i will work on loosening up this crap to get it off. |
flat razor blades work well. So does a really sharp flat chisel. I keep one around and a honing stone to sharpen it before every major use. |
Thanks! I was using a hard putty knife before I decided to stop and just make sure that it is ok to remove this stuff. I'm thinking of trying some gasket remover to loosen it up, maybe heat if I need to, and that chisel-like putty knife, then a little sanding to get it smooth. _________________ "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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BusBerd Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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much better.
I tried sandblasting it off and it would not come. so I heated it up and most of it scraped off, then I was able to sandblast off the rest, then sanded it down with 400 grit.
I cleaned the case side of this connection too, although I did not feel comfortable using the heat there with most of the engine assembled, I scraped and sanded. The gunk was not as tough on the case side.
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