After years of working out in middle of nowhere places on all sorts of machines that are critical to production I've made gaskets out of everything you can find on a logging site, including my own leather wallet. That was one night I was overjoyed to have chosen a wallet without any fancy design just a few layers of thick leather.

Make "Pie Cuts" of the Circles when using a razor/xacto. Before you start cutting the corners, don't be afraid to cut across the middle like you were cutting a pizza. Your curve cuts are smaller, and with the sharp point of an Xacto, you can fit a washer over the hole for the stud, and use the metal of the washer to guide your circular cuts. Another option is to load your Xacto into a Compass for drawing circles and just go around and around in multiple passes for the larger holes.

I think all of us wanna be gear heads back in the late 1960's started out making gaskets from mom's empty laundry detergent boxes because the price was right and if the surface you were trying to seal was cast iron or steel we used the tap tap method using a ballpeen hammer for the outline and any of the holes. Had a lot of "Tide" gasket sets back then sealed with Indian Head gasket shellac.

@slasher9883

3 жыл бұрын

The tap tap method works great, surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video.

@denali9449

3 жыл бұрын

Learned that trick back in '62 and just used it again today for a Briggs carb gasket on the lawn mower!

@jerrystark3587

3 жыл бұрын

I specialized in gaskets made of potato chip boxes. Kept a 1948 Chevy on the road!

@autocompletellc9906

9 ай бұрын

@@jerrystark3587 I’m sorry. Potato chip….box???😳

Kyle! It’s so good to see you again! I really miss your series where you work on your project. I sure hope Hegarty brings that series back.

Great instructional video! I haven’t had any custom gaskets before BUT I do have a little trick that would work perfect here! At the tape trick, once you tape over the part, you can “scribble” over the tape at a very tilted angle (so the side of the lead is covering more area and not poking holes in the tape) and cover the whole tape. The holes will be lighter than the flat parts and you can cut out the perfect shape!

Just when you think you’re going to have to make a list for Amazon, I found this. Just started tinkering with motors and handyman work. For some reason I feel like when you commit yourself, you become something different. People of different backgrounds and knowledge, to me it’s the greatest thing in this world. Someone who has a passion for this, I feel is a different kind of person. Like we’re unstoppable. Keep up your great work.

@garysmith691

Күн бұрын

@@tonypozzuoli5613 same! Was going to make a list of gaskets I need for a riding mower, but they don’t have any in a single package. Going to do the diy method instead!

Yet another option is to place the gasket paper directly on the carburetor opening, and (very gently!) tap the edges with the round tip of the hammer. You'll end up with an exact impression of the opening.

@Bgearmcgee

3 жыл бұрын

That's what the ol boy that taught me did

@jimbote1968

3 жыл бұрын

kept waiting for him to cover this method. Pretty basic shadetree technique he missed.

@GeorgiiKazakov

3 жыл бұрын

Also you can put a little oil on the surface and apply it to the paper. then cut by oil print

@phrodendekia

3 жыл бұрын

Or a ball bearing

@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533

2 жыл бұрын

Or a cut off section of any sized pipe …Sharpened w a bench grinder for banging out the holes

Very useful. A re-build gasket kit for my old Ford 601 tractor is $145 + S&H. I will buy the oil pan gasket for $10. Then make my own for oil pump, carb, and etc. Thanks😀

I was looking for info to help me in buying a good set of gasket making tools. Yours is the first and is well enough done that I don't feel the need to look for a second video. Thanks

I have tried laying the material on a part to use a small hammer. It makes the outline to cut out. Very accurate on parts you can do this on

Perfect. Making some gaskets for my '85 Z31 for the first time, had absolutely NO idea what I was doing and couldn't get a decent template or gasket out. Now I have some tools and materials to go get. Thank you sir.

@CalAutoMuseumYT

Жыл бұрын

Eyyy I have an 86 Z31!

@88HELLJUMPER88

Жыл бұрын

@Gabe hell yeah man, unfortunately I got smashed and had mine totalled only a couple weeks after restoring her😥. But learning to craft gaskets was an extremely fun exercise! I can only assume that's what you're here for, so if that's the case, happy restoration! The VG30 is a fun build to get dirty on!

@88HELLJUMPER88

Жыл бұрын

Reading this over again makes it sound like I got drunk and totalled it, not what happened!!🤣 I got hit and it was totalled!

@CalAutoMuseumYT

Жыл бұрын

@@88HELLJUMPER88 Damn that's a shame! I'm actually making gaskets for a 1975 Datsun 620 I'm working on!

@88HELLJUMPER88

Жыл бұрын

@Gabe damn what a beauty. I love old Datsun's for sure. I'm hoping I can find a nice 280z at some point in the near future. The Z line is definitely my favorite, but Datsun in general was a fantastic manufacturer!

Great video, I'm slowly starting up a company buying and repairing old choppers/motorcycles. Gonna save me a lot of time. Waiting on parts always takes the wind out of the sails and demotivates me, I want to be able to make most parts my self eventually

I knew it was a Corvair carb gasket when you were tracing the broken one! Awesome 👌

Nice to have a basically intact gasket… mine always need to be picked off one flake at a time..

Cereal boxes work pretty well too...just not for headgaskets HAHA

@ACommenterOnYouTube

3 жыл бұрын

I used 4 layers of cereal boxes to make the headgaset. This way it would lower the compression as well

@thegingerpowerranger

3 жыл бұрын

i use weet bix for head gaskets

@WorkshopRebuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@ACommenterOnKZread That's really interesting! What kind of engines did you use this method on?

@ACommenterOnYouTube

3 жыл бұрын

@@WorkshopRebuild Was that a rhetorical question?

@m1dntlkgud

3 жыл бұрын

@@ACommenterOnKZread let us know how that goes without a fire ring

Use a pain of glass to cut on it will make your cuts smother. Another way to transfer with out an old gasket put a thin layer of oil on the part place the part on the gasket material

I’ve just been using spent shell casings as punches just grab a few handfuls of different size brass at the range and sharpen the neck

Thanks Kyle! I was able to get the part number of that Felpro set and will order one to have on hand. BTW if you are going through the carbs on your 140 get the Viton accel. cups for the rebuild. I get them from a Corvair shop in CO but I think California Corvairs sells them. Clark’s just has butyl and they only seem to last a couple years.

Another little tip would be to use some sort of paint to put a really thin layer onto a part surface, use that as a stamp on a regular piece of paper and then now you have a template that you can lay over your gasket.

@HORS3MAN5280

9 ай бұрын

Pretty much, you’d use some oil instead of paint and oil print it

@Epiphalactic

8 ай бұрын

@@HORS3MAN5280 true, paint prolly wasn't the best word.

Hey, thanks for share knowledge with us! 😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

... or take a thin layer of grease to the surface and apply it to the part and the transfer the grease to paper if your gasket material is grease sensitive or directly to the gasket material...

Vinyl cutter plotter is great for making caskets as you just import a picture of the casket and cut it out with the cutter plotter

I also use the hammer method. Remember that leaving sharp corners in a stressed condition will result in tears-that mostly applies to putting too small holes over studs or pins. It doesn't apply to holes using bolts, because the bolt cuts the smaller hole into a larger circle. Also, thanx for the Fel-Pro kitI. I'd been looking unsuccessfully for individual cork gasket sheets.

I'm saving this so that I can promise myself I'll use it someday

Excellent video - very well filmed and clear explanation!

Cool video. I got some paper to make a gasket for my radiator - there was a gasket where the transmission line goes in and it blew so I’m trying to remedy the situation temporarily until I move and would wanna just replace the radiator entirely. Once I have it in I’ll be able to verify better that it’s the only place I’m leaking.

Thanks very much for this, very useful.

I just went to my local gun range and scavenged some bullet cases for my gasket hole punches, they work great and were free. Although it's getting pretty difficult to find spent .50 cal (1/2 inch) these days!

@pinsandscrews6459

3 жыл бұрын

5.56/.223 translates to 1/4 inch studs, .40S&W/10mm translates to 10mm Studs (stud diameter, not bolt head size)

awesome video!! thank you

Another option, borrow the wife's vinyl cutter (Cricut/Silhouette) and design/cut your own

Awesome, thanks!

Nice tips on making gaskets.

Which material would you recommend to make a stain/lacquer arrow shaft dip tube from?

I like to use the bolt or a slightly larger bolt as a die to cut the bolt holes

Pipe nipples/fittings can make good hole punches. All you need to do is grind/file an edge, then you get to decide whether you need the cutting edge on inside or outside.

@guttedxx

3 жыл бұрын

@bowez9 thats a great trick!

I got a punch kit off Amazon to make a gasket for chainsaw carb intake. I used the thinnest gasket sheet same kit that you have. The problem was it took multiple stricken on the punch to get it through. Had it on peice of wood too. Maybe I should return them?

Thanks man you relay help

I made gaskets before when I was working in a ship. Almost everything we wanted we just made.

There's some ingenious ideas in this video, such as the way to make a template with tape.

if you don't have a template to work with, instead of placing the carb on top of the paper and try to follow lines with a pencil then try to calculate where holes are, just wet the face of the carb with oil or gas, then place it on top of your gasket material, hold for few seconds then lift the carb, now you have a perfect imprint of your shape, all you have to do is cut it.

The second option you said about our of all of them you only need the ball pein hammer as if you have the part (say a thermostat housing for example) then you use the part as an anvil and what you do first is put the gasket paper on the part and use your finger to mark out the gasket shape and where the holes are with a bit of pressure and sometimes a slight dirty finger helps show the edge but isn't required but can help and you start with the bolt holes and use the ball of the hammer once you have the bolt holes done I then use a nut and bolt gently hold the paper in place and using the flat part of the hammer do gentle glancing hits so it starts to cut the paper and not damage the part and before you know it you have a replacement gasket

simplest way to mark the gasket material, especially for larger parts with features that may not be nicely reference-able along a center line, is to just put a very thin coating of oil on the gasket surface (the very well cleaned gasket surface) of the part and use it as a stamp on the material. Then you have to trace out all the features in pen before the oil wicks and distorts the shape of the features.

I've been making some gaskets out of felpro rubber fiber sheets. It's impossible to get a clean cut like a factory gaskets. Edges are hairy. I am wondering if these fibers could damage a small engine at all? Gasket are for between carb and cylinder intake.

If you have a hole saw drill set that is no longer useful due to the teeth being broke, you can use them as hole punches if you sharpen the edge with a sander

I like the tape trick

Sir,very informative, i want to seal my airfilter, what is the best material is the best

I scan or photocopy fresh gaskets before use so I've a permanent reference, and for simple ones save a good gasket as a pattern. 3D printing gaskets and gasket templates is becoming common so when I figure out how to scan gaskets I'll do that, too.

I need to see if my hot wire cutter will cut rubber forms. I always buy the appropriate hole punches first.

Great video. The comments have A LOT of other good tips too!

Is it possible to make really thick gasket? I can't find Filler Neck Tube Pipe To Fuel/Gas Tank (Rubber) Grommet Seal Gasket for 2001 Saturn SL2. I thought to make one, but not sure what material to use. It is some sort of sponge, but very dense. Maybe to use gasket maker (in tubes). Thank you for the informative film.

It would be nice if you put links for the tools you are using.

@Guardducks

3 жыл бұрын

We probably couldn't afford them.

@m1dntlkgud

3 жыл бұрын

I've had the matco hole punch set for 10 years. FYI. Most of the hole punches you will find are SAE, these days almost everything is metric so keep that in mind during your search. Also, exhaust gasket material is usually wire impregnated and doesn't work with hole punches.

what about for air? my scooter variator belt casing has gasket, can i use only grease or sth (at home) that is heat resistant (not extremely hot)

I need to replace my intake manifold gasket I have a roll of felpro gasket material sheet cork/rubber can I use it instead of the plenum gasket or I call it the shaped oring lol

Clever trick with the painters tape.

This all can be done many ways. What I got out of this is the variety of gasket material stock available.

well done

You can use a piece of paper and a pencil and trace the paper with the pencil whilst holding it against the destination (sprocket or carb) and then cut it out and use it as a template. It's very accurate.

I think I remember an instructor or two alluding to chipboard covered in shellac, or just silicon. (For certain contexts, like an urgent situation in a remote location, Etc) How well would those improvisations work when the application sets?

How much it will squished down is it half a thickness =1mm to 0.50mm (normal head gasket paper 2stroke)

Can you put link to the punch sets you are using?

We also have an option to make a Jig for GasKet by 3D printing or by subtractive manufacturing. It can make our work alot easier for the next time :)

Try using the end grain of the wood, next time. It'll almost always result in a cleaner cut. I use ~2" chunks of 6x6 post wood.

@lornetontegode6986

7 ай бұрын

Yup, just posted the same. Makes a huge difference.

When using a hole punch, use the end-grain of a piece of wood. It cuts better. Put a chunk of 4x4 in your vise.

What is the name and model number for the punch set, please?

is it useful for EGR gasket?

well. done

I have made many gaskets. Be sure to use oil or gas resistant material. Depending the application.

Gave up asking dad for gaskets as a kid with a 2 stroke, he would just throw gasket paper at me and say make it, i thank him now.

Studio garages rarely impress me🛠🧰

Good

That ball point hammer and a milk carton with a thin layer of grease/panel glue/gasket goo is basically all you need. Tap with that ball point around the edges on the fange and the holes to take out the excess material, and glue it in place.

@mike30534

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a ball point hammer listed in your Amazon Affiliates links? My real father is a mechanic in New Jersey. When mom took us to California, dad had no idea where to look until he changed a water neck gasket on a Pacer Slant Six and saw just enough of my picture on the milk carton gasket my step-dad had used to fix the Pacer. Thank you AMC and Chrysler for using cheap gaskets in your new cars so I could be with my real dad again!

I think you messed up when you were saying you were using a cork rubber gasket I think you're using the fiber rubber sheet am I correct ??

place gasket material on part and lightly tap gasket using the ball peen hammer ..it will make a impression.. tapping a bit more and it will cut thru the gasket

Nice bro 👍🙏❤️

Nice. Thats the way grandad taught me..

We once used a coke can for my TPS gasket lol, we were rushing to go back for laps in GTA 😂

Would that be OK for an air cooled engine

What about the Allpax cutter

You should talk about how to flatten a rolled gasket

A bit of blue dye is more accurate than rubbing the edges. Also, those Chinesium punches need to be sharpened before using.

Using a punch, you should be using the end grain of the timber, it is easier, quicker and protects the punch from losing its sharp edge...

No need to buy specific punch sets. I have made my own gaskets for years by using a razor knife for straight edges and old sockets, metal tubing etc, i have chamfered the edge using a circular grinding wheel. Perfect hole punch and a Perfect job everytime.

Was hell to find the odd dimensions old big size water circulator...diy mats exist..expalains why it was hard to find i ordered for 20... diffrent sizes so i could cut to fit...closes car parts store...8,5 for 1x0.5METERS..+7 in fuel. I waited a week + what i ordered half wont arrive for 1-2 weeks Thanks man

Nice video! Any suggestions for making exhaust gaskets? Sheet metal sheers?

@bowez9

3 жыл бұрын

I use Black RTV.

@gabeo9474

2 жыл бұрын

Aluminum foil folded inward several times to build up layers has worked for me

Ladi & Margaret music at the beginning (yes, I realize it's royalty-free.)

Just put a little oil on the carburetor flange and print it into your gasket material. You get the perfect image in couple of seconds.

in terms of using a razor blade... don't be afraid to waste blades. they're not that expensive so just buy a pack of them, and then use a brand new one every time you start a new job. the small additional cost is worth it knowing you're not going to rip anything and waste effort having to start over. if you don't have an old gasket for a template... instead of just making marks on the sheet of paper, you could make a rubbing, and then lay that full sheet over the gasket material to use as your template. a rubbing is just covering the part with paper, then lightly color in the entire area. the edges of the piece underneath will show through as darker outlines.

14:12 Nice

What you failed to mention is that one has to be a fine artist, to use the hand-built option, which you seem to be one. Very useful tutorial just the same.

How much was that kit?

that hole puncher seemed to be making a hole the size of the OD not ID, R U sure hole punched is size of the ID of puncher not OD?

Watching this to make a gasket for a custom manifold I cut with a water jet.

Put some oil on the piece you need a gasket for. Press it on the gasket material and the oil will leave a perfect template behind.

Just smear some brake clean on the surface of the part and then press it onto the paper. Cut your holes then let it dry out.

This seems like a good use of a laser engraver or CNC router for precision and repeatability.

@kanemeasham-pywell92

2 жыл бұрын

The smell with the laser cutter is terrible and the designing in cad software is decently time consuming. So wouldn’t recommend unless you have to make quite a few of the same design. Haven’t tried a cnc router yet

You somehow mixed up the cork-rubber and rubber-fibre sheets in your explanation.

No these parts go together I just don't feel like buying one cause I got gasket paper that I'm never gonna use if I don't rn 🤣

Where's Davin ?

Where is Davin ? .

@Hoaxer51

3 жыл бұрын

He’s standing behind Kyle making sure that he cleans all the tools and puts them away where they belong. You know how kids are!

ok I can't get to the parts store to get a gasket, is why I'm making my own. BUT I can get to the parts store to get diy material to make my own? 🤯