Subject: tires, oil pan gasket
Author: Michael Jones
Date: Sep 20, 2002, 7:37 PM
Post ID: 1711054198
Someone asked (a few days back) how much I paid for my
Cheng Shin tires. The last one I bought was $32 at a
local tire warehouse that has really good prices.
There was no shipping, of course. I mounted it myself,
as is my habit. I have tried plenty of other brands. A
Michelin High-Tour impressed me with its longevity -
over 22,000 on the rear tire, on a Honda GL500i. But I
don't mind changing the tires every year or so - it
gives me a chance to grease all the drive shaft
splines and whatnot. So the cheep and grippy C289's
are my choice.
I would like to throw in my two bits about sealing the
oil pan gasket. I grease mine on both sides and don't
seal it with any kind of glue, and it doesn't leak at
all. The grease, as someone else mentioned, is
intended to keep the gasket from sticking so that it
is easier to remove in the future (and possibly even
to reuse in the future). I cut my own gasket, from
some nice thick cork gasket material that I bought a
roll of at National Auto Parts. I also have a roll of
gasket paper, and have cut a lot of my own gaskets.
Never know when you are going to be in need of a
gasket, and I have reservations about that blue stuff.
-Mike (69 Ambo)
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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga
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