[AT] JD 60 manifold gasket

[D. Day]

No, this is pretty much what I expected. I was just hoping for a miracle fix 
:)

Thanks for the advice.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60 manifold gasket


About the only thing to do now would be to replace the gasket.

I fought issues like that on headers on a Camaro for quite a while...
and found that smearing some of that Ultra Copper silicone sealant on
both sides of the gasket before I torqued things down seemed to help a
lot. If you let it set up properly (like overnight) it seems to help
as well.  Run it, let it cool and tighten it up. Do this regularly
until everything takes a good set, then check it at oil changes.

For a while I replaced the gaskets really often. After working out the
above procedure I was able to keep the gaskets pretty well sealed for
lots of miles at a time (not bad for cheap headers). Finally burned
through the header at the flange (folks at the muffler shop did a poor
job at installation and had bent the collector flange. it finally
roasted through).

Probably not what you wanted to hear.

Ken in AZ

On 4/28/06, D. Day <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
> It looks like the gasket is burned to a crisp, re-tightening the bolts
> didn't help.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60 manifold gasket
>
>
> Did you re-torque the bolts? :)
>
> Ken in AZ
>
> On 4/27/06, D. Day <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
> > I just rolled the '52 JD 60 into the shop (restored back in '98). It has
> > sat
> > for the past few years and now it's time to blow the dust off and fire 
> > it
> > up.  I notice that the exhaust manifold gasket is leaking.  Other than
> > removing the manifold and replacing the gasket, are there any quick 
> > fixes
> > you know of?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dick Day
> >
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