Finally figured out a pretty good way to remove old gasket material
View attachment 1715320007 My gasket scraper the yellow works great on aluminum they make a green disc that is more abrasive for steel.
Hard lesson.
I thought the green disks were going to be a great way to remove gasket residue.
Final step of some project was to reinstall the right angle adapter.
Damn thing leaked. Never had that happen before. Its a big chunk of iron, machined surfaces, nothing to warp. Figured it must be I damaged the gasket.
Make a bunch of calls, find a place that has the gasket kit in stock! and they're not too far away - about a 1/2 hour each way if traffic is OK.
Clean it all up good. make sure there's no oil residue, etc.
Does it again. :BangHead:
Now I'm really running out of time. Ive got a spare kit so not dead yet. But this time start checking the flatness of the surfaces. Sure as you know what, using the rotary gasket remover took material off the adapter and its no longer flat. Then I had to spend a whole bunch of time hand lapping it flat.:(
Third try it sealed.
Lesson learned.
