[T3] leaky doughnut gasket

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Sat Oct 25 11:42:08 PDT 2014


Wrap the donuts with Thin copper foil from a Hobby Shop before
installation?

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org>
wrote:

> I finally got the muffler that I got back in the summer on Clementine this
> week.   While I had that off we got the leaky oil pump fixed (this is the
> second time we work on the pump but looks like this time we got that leak
> stopped).  Now I seem to be having problems getting the doughnut gaskets
> sealing off between the muffler and the ends of the heater boxes.  There is
> a ticking sound from the leak around there. The driver side is worse than
> the passenger side. I remember they use to be a white paste in a tube to
> help seal exhaust leaks if I can find it I was thinking about putting this
> around the doughnut to see if that may seal it.  If there is anybody who
> has
> found anything else to seal these with I'd like to hear about it. They was
> a
> big rat's nest in this muffler and it blew it out the tail pipe. I'll have
> to post the photo of it later. The smell when it warmed up was not good but
> I figure that will fix itself.  Also on the elbows that go between the
> upper
> heater boxes and the fan housing the one on the driver's side has an extra
> fitting on the top for a hose that is smaller than the one on bottom. Where
> does this hook to?
>
>
>
> Dennis Stiefel
>
> 72 Fastback FI MT (Clementine)
>
> 71 Stander Beetle Middle Son's car
>
> 67 Ford F-100 Hart of Crown Vic. (Leroy)
>
> 88 Golf Oldiest Son's car
>
> 10 Toyota Corolla Wife's car
>
> 65 Ford 4000 (old Blue)
>
> Rainsville, Alabama
>
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