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I bought new carb boots off e-bay and they came with gaskets. The ones on there at the moment (original I'm sure) don't appear to have gaskets so:
Should I use them or not?
Should I use them or not?
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Si Parker
'81 XS1100H
Tkat brace, new coils/wires/plugs, refurbed carbs (thanks 81 xsproject), recon'd top end, windshield (thanks dpotter58), resprayed tank and panels, 4-1 exhaust, sweet xs pod filters, in line fuel filters, progressive springs, thick hand grips, jumped headlight relay. -
Sip;
Use the gaskets. It's a bad place to have a leak. They are one of the gaskets that never were available. I make 'em up myself when I need them.
Some will argue that if Yammy designed it without a gasket that you must not need them.
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Hey Sip,
The gaskets were made and added to the system for the XJ11's! The earlier models have a layer of rubber that meets with the head, but it gets old/dry/cracked and a place for a leak!
JOHN also posted a while back about some thermostat gaskets from a car that are essentially a bolt on match, for those wanting to use gaskets after they work on theirs!
I also prefer to use a non hardening gasket sealant like Yamabond or Permatex that can be around fuel and heat!
T.C.T. C. Gresham
81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
History shows again and again,
How nature points out the folly of men!Comment
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Those gaskets are the t'stat housing gasket from a Ford 2.3L engine. They will need a little trimming, but it's nothing serious.Comment
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as ever - thanks guysSi Parker
'81 XS1100H
Tkat brace, new coils/wires/plugs, refurbed carbs (thanks 81 xsproject), recon'd top end, windshield (thanks dpotter58), resprayed tank and panels, 4-1 exhaust, sweet xs pod filters, in line fuel filters, progressive springs, thick hand grips, jumped headlight relay.Comment
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I put some of the Ford 2.3 gaskets on my very old carb boots and they solved a leak that I chased around for awhile. The 78/79's have sort of an O ring type thingy (thats a technical term) molded into the mating surface. It cracked and leaked. The gaskets solved the prob. Cheap fix and worth a try.Mike Giroir
79 XS-1100 Special
Once you un-can a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is with a bigger can.Comment
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For the current XS11 I bought all new manifolds, but for one of the other ones that I had years ago, I just took a Dremel with a short 1/8" carbide ball end tip and holding my thumb inside the manifold sort of spun the manifold around my thumb. This hold on the Dremel/manifold is very steady and it is easy to make a nice grove in the manifold to accept suitable O-ring. Worked very well for many years, and you can re-place O-rings from then on.
--NickComment
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