Alfashark Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Never used paper gaskets from the factory, just alloy on alloy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 44 minutes ago, Alfashark said: Never used paper gaskets from the factory, just alloy on alloy. I use this loctite master gasket, comes in a sweet syringe 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Mint! Thanks lads. I'll finish cleaning the bastard thing out and then get to applying some snot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 That shits awesome but your mating surfaces have to be true as fuck.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Protip. The permatex stuff is flexible and nonsetting enough to just coat every part of an SU in and have no leaks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Buy paper gasket material and cut some to suit, the goo eventually falls apart. the permatex works well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 59 minutes ago, NickJ said: Buy paper gasket material and cut some to suit, the goo eventually falls apart. the permatex works well though. They're SUs. They'll be off and on at least three times before the goo reaches failure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 @Alfashark I've also used the loctite master gasket on a few engines with great success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 After I got the block decked 40 thou in my vg, the intake manifold didn't fit with gaskets, but it was spot on with no gaskets. Grey goo around the water ports, and hylomar blue around the intake ports- no problems in 3?? years 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 14 hours ago, Yowzer said: They're SUs. They'll be off and on at least three times before the goo reaches failure. Uhhhhhhh you tune the carb in place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I didn't say anything about tuning them I just implied that they're shit. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 2 hours ago, cletus said: After I got the block decked 40 thou in my vg, the intake manifold didn't fit with gaskets, but it was spot on with no gaskets. Grey goo around the water ports, and hylomar blue around the intake ports- no problems in 3?? years The www recommends using Sealant front and back on sbm manifolds instead of gaskets anyway. Can you remember how far down the hole your slugs were with the 1.755 pistons and the 40 thou cut? I've got a block here out to 40 over, which is more or less the last oversize. I'd planned to cut the fuck out of it. But my slugs are only 1.740. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 cant remember exactly but pretty close to zero I think 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 That's encouraging. do you remember how much the deck cut set you back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I think I spent $1500 ish on the short block, that was boring, crank polish, balance, deck and clean, resize rods, fit cam bearings. from memory that rebuild cost around 5k all up, it was meant to be re ring and paint it but that didn't work out.... the heads needed a going over as well 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Shit.. thats not a bad price.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparmuppet Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 What do we use these days for lubing the old speedo cables when they start whipping? Was going to use CRC 808 silicon glide. Any better ideas. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I'd use tac2 But it was my understanding that once the speedo starts bouncing the cable.inner is getting close.to.end of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Hello. XF falcon motor with weber carb goes in to car set up for XC motor, poxy stromberg carb. XF has fuel pump with return, XC and car have no fuel return. Pumps have the same diaphragm/bodies as eachother, return is just an extra layer in the assembly. Will XF weber 34ADM carb be happy on a non - return type fuel pump? Chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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