Re: Cigarette seals

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

International Harvester's "Small"  V-8's (266/304/345/392 cid) also use
cigarette seals. As memory serves, they are about the same diameter as the
Alfa seals, although probably a bit longer. Gasket sets for the IH SV's are
available from both McCord and Fel-Pro.

The length problem would be pretty easy to fix--- :-)

Greg

At 11:42 AM 5/6/02, Matthias Kuster wrote:
>Julius here in SoCal said also that officially (AR) the cigarette seals are
>replaced with silicone. I went ahead at the time and ordered it from Julius,
>and got something called Loctite 510, with everything written on it in
>italian. The "Special" dispenser consisted of a regular squeeze plastic tube
>(like the RTV you buy at Pep Boys), with a special cap, that just looks
>fancy, but essentially is an ordinary squeezze spout. The stuff is pink.
>$15, I think. I shied away from it and installed regular after market
>cigarette seals from Ricambi, and, after 500 miles, Mobil 1 is getting
>cooked on my exhaust, once again. Could be the main seal, which I replaced,
>too. Don't ask me.
>Thing is with this stuff: You either have to have the engine upside down
>(IMHO) or find a way to keep it from flowing out before it dries.
>
>I talked to Uwe at Omega Motorsports at the time, too, and asked him about
>it. He laughed, and said with a smirk: try it. He said he doesn't use it,
>and just uses aftermarket cig seals, too. I don't know. I might give it a
>try next time, if I don't take another trip with my beloved Alfa 164L
>soon-to the scrapyard.
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>Matthias Kuster L.A., CA
>1991 164L "Alfonso"
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