Spartan port light gaskets
Moderator: Jim Walsh
Spartan port light gaskets
Spartan port light gaskets needed
Re: Spartan port light gaskets
This recent posting has all the info you may want. Feel free to ask additional questions.
http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36137
http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36137
Jim Walsh
Ex Vice Commodore
Ex Captain-Northeast Fleet
CD31 ORION
The currency of life is not money, it's time
Ex Vice Commodore
Ex Captain-Northeast Fleet
CD31 ORION
The currency of life is not money, it's time
Re: Spartan port light gaskets
Scraping the old gasket or is a time consuming job. I found a small brass tool in my dads workbench that works very well. Without that, I would get a sturdy stainless dinner knife and use a grinder to round it off to fit the diameter of the port where the gasket goes. Sand it down, you don’t want any burrs.
Once the old gasket is scraped out, I cut the McMaster gasket a bit long, and then I apply contact cement to the gasket and the port. When dry,
Carefully lay in the gasket around the port, I start at the top, and finish at the top. I angle the cut, and pull it a bit to stretch it, make the cut with scissors and squeeze it in. So far, no leaks. The old gasket was pretty hard and needed replacing.
Once the old gasket is scraped out, I cut the McMaster gasket a bit long, and then I apply contact cement to the gasket and the port. When dry,
Carefully lay in the gasket around the port, I start at the top, and finish at the top. I angle the cut, and pull it a bit to stretch it, make the cut with scissors and squeeze it in. So far, no leaks. The old gasket was pretty hard and needed replacing.
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Re: Spartan port light gaskets
a little silicone grease can extend the life of those gaskets tremendously.