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 Post subject: TR7 cam cover gasket
PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:20 am 
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Whilst I slowly (very slowly) put my engine back together, I noticed the cork Cam cover gasket Is not a good fit and is slightly too large at the wide end , meaning that the gasket distorts when trial fitting and without trimming quite a lot off it’s not going to fit. This one came in with my head gasket set from Robsport.
Has anyone else had this problem and can a better gasket be recommended?


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 Post subject: Re: TR7 cam cover gasket
PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:13 am 
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Are you sure it actually oversize? When I used a similar cork gaskets on the 1500, they always seemed slightly oversized and were difficult to fit. Yet when I finally got them in, they fitted perfectly.

I will be honest, I used a bit of gasket compound or tigerseal to stick to the cam cover. A cheat but it worked.

I wouldn't recommend hacking bits off the gasket, that is just asking for leaks.


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 Post subject: Re: TR7 cam cover gasket
PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:08 pm 
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I won’t be trimming it. But yes it’s definitely oversize

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