Gasket paper source ?

[Caladh]

I have just bought a lift pump for my 3GM30 but it didn't come with a gasket. You can't buy just the gasket....so I will make my own but I require the gasket material to be oil and heat proof. The old gasket is sh*gged but appears to be made of a thin cardboard type material covered in a type of foil similar to an engine head gasket but of thinner material. Any pointers to a source ? Ta

 

[ghostlymoron]

ASAP may have something.

 

[Seajet]

Not sure where you are but PMA motor factors should have gasket material - so might halfords but I try to avoid them after the treatment I've had !

HOWEVER I just asked my excellent mechanic ( racing / celebrity cars, motorbikes + a boat owner ) chum and his advice was ' get back to the pump suppliers and ask where's the gasket, as this is not something to have your own made one go wrong, not least for warranty issues.

 

[Caladh]

Not sure where you are but PMA motor factors should have gasket material - so might halfords but I try to avoid them after the treatment I've had !

HOWEVER I just asked my excellent mechanic ( racing / celebrity cars, motorbikes + a boat owner ) chum and his advice was ' get back to the pump suppliers and ask where's the gasket, as this is not something to have your own made one go wrong, not least for warranty issues.

....bought on Ebay as old stock and I knew the gasket wasn't supplied. £20 cheaper than Yanmar rrp.

 

[budgester]

....bought on Ebay as old stock and I knew the gasket wasn't supplied. £20 cheaper than Yanmar rrp.

How about ebay for the gasket paper as well ?

 

[Ripster]

You can get Gasket paper of various thicknesses on ebay - I bought a pack of different types assorted the other week.

 

[theoldsalt]

Caladh,

Yes you can buy just the gasket !

Don't make your own when the correct one is not expensive.

Try this http://www.marine-power.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=20_86&product_id=460

 

[lw395]

I bought my last lot from a local car spares place.
These days I'd use ebay.

 

[Heckler]

I have just bought a lift pump for my 3GM30 but it didn't come with a gasket. You can't buy just the gasket....so I will make my own but I require the gasket material to be oil and heat proof. The old gasket is sh*gged but appears to be made of a thin cardboard type material covered in a type of foil similar to an engine head gasket but of thinner material. Any pointers to a source ? Ta

Ive made them out of cornflake boxes before now with a good jointing compound!
S

 

[30boat]

Ive made them out of cornflake boxes before now with a good jointing compound!
S

Don't use silicone gasket compound.Diesel attacks it.

 

[VicS]

Ive made them out of cornflake boxes before now with a good jointing compound!
S

Or postcards for small gaskets when they don't have to be any thicker

 

[Heckler]

Don't use silicone gasket compound.Diesel attacks it.

ahem, good jointing compound! silicone, in my eyes is the spawn of the devil and in my view is NOT!
Hylomar or Hermatite red jointing compound. Does anyone remember Stag?
S

 

[Heckler]

Or postcards for small gaskets when they don't have to be any thicker

I concur, I think the point we are making is that gaskets in situations like this, the material is not that critical.
S

 

[[159032]]

Don't use silicone gasket compound.Diesel attacks it.

ahem, good jointing compound! silicone, in my eyes is the spawn of the devil and in my view is NOT!
Hylomar or Hermatite red jointing compound. Does anyone remember Stag?
S

Unless you but the correct product http://www.acc-silicones.com/products/adhesives/dieselresistantrtvsiliconesealant.ashx

 

[Poignard]

You can get Gasket paper of various thicknesses on ebay - I bought a pack of different types assorted the other week.

Yes. Just do a search for 'gasket material'

 

[theoldsalt]

Yes. Just do a search for 'gasket material'

But would'nt the correct gasket be even better?

 

[DaiB]

An old Admiralty chart makes good gasket paper. Used extensively on merchant ships.

 

[DaiB]

ahem, good jointing compound! silicone, in my eyes is the spawn of the devil and in my view is NOT!
Hylomar or Hermatite red jointing compound. Does anyone remember Stag?
S

Yes, Stag A & Stag B, never saw a BP ship without it.

 

[nigelmercier]

... silicone, in my eyes is the spawn of the devil ...
Hylomar or Hermatite red jointing compound. Does anyone remember Stag?

Stag is still available, but I don't think Hermatite is.

However, Hylomar make a gasket compound that is silicone.

 

[Caladh]

Caladh,

Yes you can buy just the gasket !

Don't make your own when the correct one is not expensive.

Try this http://www.marine-power.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=20_86&product_id=460

I'm hopeless! I was lead to believe it wasn't available and only came with the lift pump itself. I hadn't looked at MP web site to check. The older I get the worse it gets !! Thanks anyway - one ordered today. Other info re gasket paper of interest anyway so thanks to those inputs.