Half drunk & wandering
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Half drunk & wandering
Was wandering how many old home mechanics have made gaskets from cerial boxes. On the farm my dad was not mechanical minded. I done all repairs to equipment & tractors from 9-10 year old (67 now) We never bought gaskets for most stuff aside head gaskets & pan gaskets. Made most from them old cervical boxes. Was wandering who else been through that experience.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
My missus has one of those, but I haven't made anything noteworthy with it.Made most from them old cervical boxes.

- Chad
Gordonsville, Virginia, USA
Current rides:
2015 Ural cT "Mobile Chernobyl", 2001 Ural Patrol "Little Red Bear", 1999 Ural Tourist "The RPOC", Mid-Nineties Ural Tourist "The Heap", 1994 Honda VFR750F, 2007 BMW K1200GT
Previous rides:
2007 Honda VTR1000 FireStorm (Super Hawk in U.S.)
2001 Buell Blast! - - - - - - - 2005 Yamaha FJR1300
1993 Honda CBR600F2 - -1984 Yamaha FJ1100
Two different 1986 Yamaha FZX700S Fazers
Gordonsville, Virginia, USA
Current rides:
2015 Ural cT "Mobile Chernobyl", 2001 Ural Patrol "Little Red Bear", 1999 Ural Tourist "The RPOC", Mid-Nineties Ural Tourist "The Heap", 1994 Honda VFR750F, 2007 BMW K1200GT
Previous rides:
2007 Honda VTR1000 FireStorm (Super Hawk in U.S.)
2001 Buell Blast! - - - - - - - 2005 Yamaha FJR1300
1993 Honda CBR600F2 - -1984 Yamaha FJ1100
Two different 1986 Yamaha FZX700S Fazers
Re: Half drunk & wandering
And if she reads this, you'll never get to see it again.Tomcatfixer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:26 pmMy missus has one of those, but I haven't made anything noteworthy with it.Made most from them old cervical boxes.![]()

Seriously, I've often wondered about wandering.
Regards,
Rob
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I never had to resort to cardboard. Made a lot of gaskets by hand out of bulk basket material.
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Formerly Owned: ( various rides on others)
Honda 90
2 x CB750K (one a true Japan Model flown to Hawaii by a P3 Orion Sub Patrol Aircraft!)
1 x CB700 SC ala Shaft Drive Nighthawk S (RC20 is the actual in house production Model)
1 x R80GS (ok to start with, learned to love it for what it was)
1 x CB450K
Current:
1 x 2019 cT Terracotta
What I Did (I quit June 2 , 2019)
Mechanic/Technician/Engineer: Electro Mechanical Systems
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I hate that auto correct. Cerial boxes. Made many from the gasket material after I worked public. Thought those gasket makers for pipe flanges was wonderful. Wished I had one now.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I admit to making many gaskets out of cereal boxes, my Dad only spent money after all other options were tried. I have amazed myself with how long some of those quick-fixes have lasted.
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there is no problem so complex, nor situation so dire, that its solution can not be found in the skillful application of high explosives.
Ride a 2013 tourist that I call "the ural"
Re: Half drunk & wandering
I'm guessing you meant "wondering" not "wandering"

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Now a couple of bicycles, a worn out '87 K75s,
and a rusty 2012 GU bought new
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I find myself wandering about wondering why I wander.
Again, I know, shut up Jerry
Again, I know, shut up Jerry
Jerry Van
there is no problem so complex, nor situation so dire, that its solution can not be found in the skillful application of high explosives.
Ride a 2013 tourist that I call "the ural"
there is no problem so complex, nor situation so dire, that its solution can not be found in the skillful application of high explosives.
Ride a 2013 tourist that I call "the ural"
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
Hey. At my age just add alcohol & spell check & you would be amazed @ what I'll say.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
Made a respirator out of a condom once. Hate Covid 19.
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not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
Best one I've heard wildhorse Cafe. Still laughing.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I’ve been lucky always to have access to gasket material when making my own gaskets. But my first job out of college in the 90’s was in gasket engineering, and my boss was Romanian: He said if you ever take a long trip in an older car, pack a manila folder and that way you’ll be able to make a gasket on the side of the road.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
Or a pizza box if you need a thicker gasket! I think my old Dnepr came with that material in common use.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
I've used cardboard to make a gasket a time or 2 but nothing critical, like an airfilter to carb manifold on a B&S engine.
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Re: Half drunk & wandering
JB KwikWeld and a precision-cut piece of a soda can assisted in a return to civilization.
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