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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
Reply #15 -
01/10/09 at 08:55:26
Digger wrote
on 01/02/09 at 21:20:50:
This stuff has never let me down:
Ultra Copper
I find it pretty easy to remove, too.
Thanks all for the information. I found that I have an older tube of Ultra Copper that I will use. In cleaning up the old plug how would I do that? I believe I read that I could use some aerosol break cleaner for difficult areas. Would this work?
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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
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DocNeedles wrote
on 01/10/09 at 08:55:26:
Digger wrote
on 01/02/09 at 21:20:50:
This stuff has never let me down:
Ultra Copper
I find it pretty easy to remove, too.
Thanks all for the information. I found that I have an older tube of Ultra Copper that I will use. In cleaning up the old plug how would I do that? I believe I read that I could use some aerosol break cleaner for difficult areas. Would this work?
DocNeedles
Watch out.... some brake cleaner will disolve rubber.
First use some WD-40 (or similar product) to get most crud off. Then wipe down with rubbing alcohol to get the oils off.
NOTE: if you have the old sytle plug, maybe you might want to invest the 10-15 dollars to get the new style.
How can you tell what you have????
The old style is a metal cap (cup?) covered in rubber. Much smaller than a shot glass but you could probably use it for one. The new style has the inside filled up with rubber, so it would
not
make a good shot glass.
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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
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01/10/09 at 18:24:19
DocNeedles wrote
on 01/10/09 at 08:55:26:
Digger wrote
on 01/02/09 at 21:20:50:
This stuff has never let me down:
Ultra Copper
I find it pretty easy to remove, too.
Thanks all for the information. I found that I have an older tube of Ultra Copper that I will use. In cleaning up the old plug how would I do that? I believe I read that I could use some aerosol break cleaner for difficult areas. Would this work?
DocNeedles
A while back, I had a hard time cleaning the old gasket cement off of my plug (it was something other than Ultra-Copper). I had to scrape pretty good. Of course, that plug leaked when I put it back in.
So, unless you can get the old gasket cement off without too much trauma, I'd suggest a new plug.
FWIW, I find the Ultra-Copper is relatively easy to clean off of metal surfaces, but I've not yet tried cleaning it off the rubber plug.
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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
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01/10/09 at 18:28:05
verslagen1 wrote
on 01/10/09 at 08:23:48:
SV og LS wrote
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verslagen1 wrote
on 01/02/09 at 16:47:47:
what do ya guys think about making an aluminum plug and seal it with o-rings?
It should work well. I knew I'd seen it somewhere and had to search a bit, this is
Finnish version of a alloy plug
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I'm thinking that if it was low profile enough, you might be able to pop it out w/o removing the head cover (if the o-ring ever leaked)
That would definitely rock!
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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
Reply #19 -
01/10/09 at 21:53:29
Already know if you take an aluminum rod and put a 30° bend in it about 2" from end, you can pop the rubber plug from below. I don't know what kind of sealant was on the '88 but it kinda looked like indian head sealant.
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Re: re gasket sealer for plug leak
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01/11/09 at 02:45:03
verslagen1 wrote
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I'm thinking that if it was low profile enough, you might be able to pop it out w/o removing the head cover (if the o-ring ever leaked)
Hmm.. how to install it back? Through the valve inspection cover??
O- rings could be a problem. I've seen another version where a alloy spacer pushes down into an old style plug.. when the cover is torqued down, the spacer pushes the plug down, sealing it.
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