GASKET REMOVER
Cylinder-head gaskets are usually good for a secbnd time of usihg provided that they are removed yithout damage from the.cylindei* hlock. This however is sometimes ri .difficult process, hrit a small and easily fashioned i tool for the purpose can be made from an old 12-inch hacksaw biade of the soft back variety. All the teeth ar.e grorind off, and orie erid and both sides are tapered to an edge for a length of about 8 inches. The sides riiust he heVeiled Well back So that the blade is s'om'ething like a twoedged lcnife. . ... • • In use, the bevelled end of the blade is inserted between the gasket and the cyyirider Hlbck at a loose point^ and then gently worked away from that point until the whole gasket has been lifted from the face of the block.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 574, 4 July 1933, Page 2
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138GASKET REMOVER Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 574, 4 July 1933, Page 2
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