Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

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Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

Postby stuartrubin » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:02 am

Guys, I'm going to give a try to laser-cut the gasket which sits between the top and main body of my Chinese 34 ADF. There seems to be some variety of material stock available. Can anyone make a suggestions? What to look for? Other hints?

I'd also take some suggestions for sources to just buy the gasket. Unless I buy a whole rebuild kit (which I don't need), the only ones I have found have an extra hole for a fuel bowl vent which I don't have.

If I get this working, I'm happy to share my CAD drawings, or may even be able to cut gaskets as needed for others.

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Re: Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

Postby stuartrubin » Mon Jul 31, 2017 1:12 pm

Additionally, after some googling, I've found that some old-timers make gaskets from cereal box cardboard, and "fancy" folks make them from manila folders. Then they put a thin coat of oil on it, and voila, a gasket. Thoughts?
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Re: Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

Postby redcars » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:36 pm

I have used both the cereal box and vanilla envelopes also if you want to reuse the gaskets put lip balm on one side and then they won't stick
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Re: Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

Postby nelsonj » Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:30 pm

Hmm, a laser-cut cereal box gasket with lip balm on one side. It might be a first.

I've used a cereal box gasket and it worked for the vapor seporator.

I also made an imprint in the wax of a large candle, and then poured hi-temp gasket "goo" in the mold and let it harden. It seemed like a good idea but it was too thick and didn't seal well.

Good luck. And like they always say, "if it's worth engineering, it's worth over-engineering." Or something like that...
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Re: Gasket material for carb - material suggestions

Postby stuartrubin » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:02 am

I'm waiting for jets to arrive so I have not installed this yet, but here are pics of my homemade gasket. It is made from Fel-Pro 3157 material https://www.amazon.com/Fel-Pro-3157-Gasket-Material/dp/B000CNISM2, which I THINK is suitable, but I'll take comments on that.

I first made a paper one and did a test fit on my old carburetor and it's nearly perfect. Let's hope the real one fits on the Chinese 34 ADF as well and keep things sealed.

Here's a comparison of the paper gasket (which may very well be usable) from my old carb with the new laser cut version. Pretty darn close!
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And the test fit of the paper gasket on the Frankenstein 32 ADF-ish carb:
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And the broken one I'm replacing:
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Thanks to everyone for their comments!
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