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 Can anyone tell me the thickness of an oil filler cap gasket? Mine disintegrated and I can't find the piece I kept for that dimension. I know they are cheap to buy but I hate to pay 8 or 10 bucks shipping for a $1.50 item. Since I have lots of cork stock of all sizes, I thought I would make one but I need to know the thickness for a proper seal. Chevy's of the 40's has the inner and outer dimensions but not the thickness. Thanks. Beamer
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I'll go out and check mine in a bit. I agree that making your own is a lot smarter than buying one if you already have the cork.
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Can anyone tell me the thickness of an oil filler cap gasket? Mine disintegrated and I can't find the piece I kept for that dimension. I know they are cheap to buy but I hate to pay 8 or 10 bucks shipping for a $1.50 item. Since I have lots of cork stock of all sizes, I thought I would make one but I need to know the thickness for a proper seal. Chevy's of the 40's has the inner and outer dimensions but not the thickness. Thanks. Beamer Mine was about 1/8' thick on my 38 Master but it was starting to fall apart so rather than have pieces fall down into the oil tube I scrapped it out and replaced it with a piece of rubber roofing I cut out to match and glued into the cap...It fit real good and you can feel it seat and get tight when you turn it on Good Luck....ED
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I'd have to agree with the 1/8" estimate. I pulled mine but I couldn't remove the old gasket for an accurate measurement without destroying it.
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I also agree with 1/8. I have the cork also and it tightens nicely.
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In the later years the gasket that came with the Genuine Chevrolet complete engine gasket set was made from neoprene rubber and lasted much longer than the cork
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 Sorry for the delay in my thanks to everyone but I am still battling an excruciating sciatica problem in my right leg and therefore not on the computer a lot. In any case, many thanks to all the responses. They told me what I needed to know. One of these days I will come across a small piece of cork (part of the old gasket) wrapped in a piece of paper and wonder where it came from but by then, I won't need it. Beamer
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Same here had a discectomy (spelling)been great ever since
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