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AaronSEIA 
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 Topic: Making T-stat Gasket?
Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 8:02pm |
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Didn't order a thermostat housing gasket(head to housing) for my D17 engine repower. Can I make that gasket and if so, what can I make it out of? Really want to get her running this weekend and can't source it locally anywhere.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 8:19pm |
Hey Aaron,,O'Reilly's has a "kit" of 4-5 different material and thickness gasket making material that will do the trick for you. 
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DiyDave
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Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 9:00pm |
Beer box, and a tube of blue goo... 
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 10:19pm |
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could just use light smear of rtv alone
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CrestonM
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Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 10:44pm |
 DiyDave wrote:
Beer box, and a tube of blue goo... |
I've heard of that being done quite a bit. Sometimes without the blue goo even...
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DSeries4
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Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 12:33am |
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Order one from your local AGCO dealer. They will courier it out to you (for a fee) and you will get it in a couple of days. You know it is the right one you need too.
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DrAllis
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Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 7:55am |
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Clean both surface with brake kleen and use good quality RTV and you will be fine.
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Dave H
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Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 8:02am |
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I would go with the good RTV as suggested.
I recall the ole beer box gaskets deteriorating with time.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 8:41pm |
Get your gasket paper, clamp the housing upside down in a vise, lay the paper on the housing and tap the edges of the housing through the paper with the round end of a small ball pein hammer. You'll end up with a perfectly shaped gasket that fits right.
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