Alistar

        Why didn't you return them?

                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 23 Jul , 2013, at 10:50 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> I recently installed Dansk front and rear, plus collector, pipe on
> my syncro. Terrible fit where the flanges meet at the collector. The
> pipe flanges are not on the same plane, rather they are angled back,
> like a dihedral. I tried stacking gaskets but no luck, still leaked.
> I would have to grind off a fair bit of the pipe flanges to make
> them coplanar. I'm toying with the idea of oxy-acetylene persuasion
> but probably will try machining an angled "gasket" from mild steel.
> Meanwhile I used the tube of goop David mentioned (Kleen-flo brand)
> and a little bit of rolled up ss mesh to fill the gap. Then a bent
> strip of ss plate to hole the mesh in place and the strip held in
> place by 2 right angled brackets attached to the flange bolts.
>
> A real kludge if there ever was one. I'm really annoyed by the bad
> fit of the pipes.
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2013-07-21, at 9:57 AM, David Beierl wrote:
>
>> At 12:26 PM 7/21/2013, Edward Maglott wrote:
>>> Ahh, that sounds like what I need.  I'll read the directions but
>>> what is the preferred method of application?  Goop it up, assemble
>>> and let harden?
>>
>> Pretty much.  Once it's had a little time you idle the engine for a
>> while to bake it.  It sets up rock hard.
>>
>>> Iron wire as in steel wool?
>>
>> I was thinking more like .050-.075 soft iron wire.  I used to have a
>> roll of wire used for attaching cyclone fencing to posts that was
>> very nice, like thin coat hanger stock but softer.  Closest I've come
>> lately is somewhat thinner brass wire from Home Depot.  You use it
>> when patching to bridge gaps that the cement would blow out of by
>> itself.  If a gasket's blown out the side, for example, you can stuff
>> some cement in sideways and then wrap some wire around the
>> edge.  It's not a permanent fix but it can last surprisingly well,
>> many months sometimes.  Little leaks can mess up your oxygen sensor
>> feedback, so you have to either fix them immediately or disconnect
>> the sensor until they're fixed.
>>
>> Yrs,
>> d