18-10-2019, 07:47 AM
I have found baking sheet (from the usual auction site) of variable quality and thickness and availability.
There are suppliers who sell silicon sheet off the roll, I now have enough to last me a lifetime or two but the quality is good.
1mm for all those gaskets around the crankcase, 2mm for the sump.
A pair of small sharp scissors and a set of proper hole punches make it very easy to produce gaskets.
Yes, they squeeze out a bit, and, yes, you are never quite sure how much to tighten the bolts - but - they really do keep the oil where it belongs.
With a millimetre or two to play with, you don't have to worry over much about the state of the surfaces.
And no more goo!
There are suppliers who sell silicon sheet off the roll, I now have enough to last me a lifetime or two but the quality is good.
1mm for all those gaskets around the crankcase, 2mm for the sump.
A pair of small sharp scissors and a set of proper hole punches make it very easy to produce gaskets.
Yes, they squeeze out a bit, and, yes, you are never quite sure how much to tighten the bolts - but - they really do keep the oil where it belongs.
With a millimetre or two to play with, you don't have to worry over much about the state of the surfaces.
And no more goo!