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I know the easy answer is to replace it. But man, it's $450 shipped. the Cover looks great. Not cavitation. The inner surface and gasket surface look fine. If the coolant gets to that side of the gasket/ makes it past the inner part of the gasket, isn't it gonna leak anyway? What would you guys do. I have to decide and order/ not order one tomorrow.
Well it’s a pain in the *** to change out. Which leads me of course to just replacing it. I guess I was hoping somebody might Chime in like it’ll be fine. Don’t know if I get that lucky.
It’s a solid three day backyard mechanic fix if it doesn’t. It looks like it would hold just don’t know if I want to take the risk.
That was where it was leaking. But the gasket was completely gone in that area. I’m wondering what Ford did originally. I’ve been reading that you shouldn’t use silicone on top of gaskets unless the manufacturer recommends it. Does not allow for expansion and contraction. So I don’t know if I want to silicone the entire thing over the new gasket. I think I’m gonna try to weld it and then flatten it with the file. I’ll post a picture when I’m done. I really don’t want to buy a new one if I don’t have to obviously. We’ll see how the weld goes.
Anybody know what sealer material is supposed to be used on the non-gasketed areas?
Its Wacker RTV sealant, also available from Ford and International. You can also use Vibra Tite 999 Grey RTV, it has the same attributes and is what I use commonly on heavy equipment.
Thank you for the sealant recommendation. That’s what I’ll go with.
so I welded and Dremel it up. As always preparation and a very clean location to start with is most important. Just some cheap aluminum zinc welding rod from Home Depot and a whole Lotta map gas heat. Took about 15 minutes of solid blue flame heat and made the entire part hot enough to not touch before it was hot enough for the aluminum rod to adhere to the cast aluminum. I believe the fusion went well. While Dremeling on the part to clean it up no pieces just flaked off. Everything had to be ground off so I think there’s good fusion. The outside wall just keeps the gasket in place I think. So it’s a little less risky than if it were the inside wall.
And now I think I’ve decided I will use some sealant in those locations.
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