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Subject:Re: clutch replacement - anything else while I'm in there?
From:Mike Collum
Date:Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:28:03 -0500

I bought that gasket by itself through Bus Depot.  Needed it when I
relplaced the input shaft.

Mike

>> In a message dated 2/3/05 11:57:46 PM, swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA writes:
>>
>> << If you need to separate bellhousing, paper gasket can be reused if
>> you're careful. >>
>>
>> Other than while in the midst of a battle, this is a very foolish thing
>> to
>> do.  Buy, borrow, steal or cut a new gasket.
>
> Perhaps, but I could not buy it separately (only in complete kit), and did
> not
> trust in my abilities to cut a new one, even if I had the material to do
> so. I
> carefully wiped the old one, re-installed, and it has been fine - no
> leaks.
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> I.T. Manager
> Shawnigan Lake School