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Originally Posted by Diesel911
When you remove the Fuel Injection Pump to put on the Gasket.
Either Glue the Gasket to the Block or to the Fuel I jection Pump so you can rotate the Fuel Injection Pump without tearing up the Gasket.
If the Gasket has round holes and you decide to mount it on the fuel Injection Pump besure to take a sharp knife and cut the Gasket Holes to match the Kidney Slots in the Fuel Injection Pump Flange.
When I removed my Fuel Injection Pump I bought a new gasket but decided it was too thin and fragile. I used the new Gasket as a Template and cut another Gasket from thicker Gasket Material.
It the pic. Where you applied the Chisel left a raise portion of metal on each side. When the Fuel Injection Pump is removed take a Fine File and flatten out the Bumps. So the Pump will mount flat later if you decide to rotat it.
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Q:
1) I've got a new IP gasket, but also think it's a bad idea to put this delicate OE version in because, well, the whole damned point of taking the IP out was to stop that oil-leak. Any reason I couldn't use a much thicker (maybe 1/32") viton rubber gasket material to replace the paper version? I'm thinking I'd use no sealer, or maybe a coat of grease.
2) I also took out the OF housing, so I need a replacement gasket for that. Anyone got a p/n handy? Are these dependably good, or are there versions to watch out for? The original was very heavy - I think aluminum skinned with green rubber - and it wasn't leaking a drop...no irony desired after my epic battle to get this thing back together, lo these many moons.
3) On taking the IP out, I set engine timing to 24 deg. BTDC and tried to install one of those spring-loaded IP locking pins, and... I don't get it. It seems a silly waste, because there doesn't seem to be any place for the pin to drop in to, in order to truly lock the IP, and anyway the IP cam is spring-loaded such that it really WANTS to stay put right where it needs to be...right? So did I just waste my money on that do-dad? I found with the pin installed, it would never seat, and I could still turn the IP drive, never finding a point where the pin sprung down to lock it, as I'd pictured.
4) Which of the OF lines to cooler is the out/in? I'm not worried about mixing them up, but considering installing a toilet-paper bypass filter off of a tap from the "out" line. (Seems like those things take SO much soot out of the oil that they have to be worth the hassle.)