DIY Gaskets?
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Car: 89 Iroc
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DIY Gaskets?
I am attempting to have my Supperram plenum and runners installed back on to my car but I don't have the gasket set. I ordered 2 sets from LPE but they are back ordered until 3/30. Is there an alternative? I believe I have the gasket for the lid so it would be just for the plenum to runners and runners to base. I thought I remember people cutting their own gaskets with a certain material.
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If they are thin gaskets , a piece of beer or soda box and a little permatex no 2 or some insta gasket coating work wonders in a pinch. Have made several gaskets for heavy equipment this way in the field as a service tech. Not as good as a factory gasket but when your in the middle of no where with no parts in sight it works.
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Re: DIY Gaskets?
Get the appropriate material in a sheet at the store. Lay it on the parts, tap with a hammer, cut where the part makes the impression, with a razor blade.
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Car: 89 Iroc
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Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.45
Re: DIY Gaskets?
Awesome. Thank you! I did a quick search on their website prior to ordering from LPE and it didn't come up. I guess I assumed no one else sold them anymore. Just ordered two sets and they'll be here tomorrow.
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