Does anyone make one-off head gaskets any more! Need one for a Lombardini, & Trans & Diesel tell me the nearest off the shelf is 3 weeks away -in Italy.
intrade,
Jan 9, 9:22am
huh it dont takes 3 weeks for a gasket from europe i had myclutch and flywheel delivered in 4daysfrom uk.
Thanks intrade. 3 weeks is what the man said & I can't do much about that. I'll hang on to that link for future ref. Doesn't have a head Gasket listed for my model but it will be handy.
Hi Tony. Lot of work for what could be a fizzer. Intrade that is a picture of the identical gasket I would say, but I guess it's still in Italy!
tony9,
Jan 9, 11:58am
Mace Engineering is the place I would go to either get one made, or to ask who in NZ still does make them.But this time of year, I cannot see one being made within 3 weeks.
theres a guy in tauranga who does gaskets. he made a new head gasket for a yamaha outboard that was really nice work
elect70,
Jan 9, 1:19pm
TheDaimler ownersclubnowproducea lot of their ownparts( in NZ)likethecopperhead gasketsfor the V8SP250sothey wouldknow.
intrade,
Jan 9, 1:37pm
thats of the site i postedyou said there was no headgasket of course its in itali i would say4 day dhl express. Now if that was a yanmar you would have a nightmare on your hand these gungsters onlysell thru autorised dealer. headgasketfor a 1GM used to be 48$ last year wegot one again 160$ plus gst. and a anode tini oneforengine50$ now.
richard112,
Jan 9, 2:37pm
Ok Intrade. I see now I didn't follow thru to the next page. Have sent off an enquiry to Lombardini/Kholar. See what they come up with. elect 70. Good thinking. I think I can still call on contacts with the Alvis car Club if the import track doesn't work. tony9. Thanks also for the contact. About 20 yrs ago we had an International truck with a Scania motor. 2 cylinders per head if I remember rightly. Had a head gasket made for it & it was ridiculously easy & not expensive. That was then & this is now.
intrade,
Jan 9, 2:49pm
i had a dream the other day lol i was fixing up 5 oltimersortof sports cars with saurer diesel engines and then one ofem was my one lol , not that saurer ever madethese . i know theyhad a prototype4wd type thingy but nothing like in my dream. i love the diesel sounds ifyou turn this in to a sports carthen you can immagin what i had in my dream. http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/50007175556_2/Saurer_Oldtimer_Bus_N4C_CT4D.jpg
Shuk in New Plymouth make gaskets I fitted 1 on a Chinese generator and 1 on an andoria single cylinder polish diesel engine they can manufacture them as long as you have a pattern .
intrade,
Jan 9, 7:27pm
beawear it will be tuesdaybeforyou hear anything as italia hasfriday nightwhen you sent mail and no one in italiawill work on a saturday and monday in italia is tuesday here.
contact details on website seeing as ya profile says ya on the barrier-K
richard112,
Jan 9, 7:48pm
Thanks Alfred. Another name to Monday's list. Yes intrade. Had realised about the times. We'll see. Not sure if I want to live in your dreams. ABeautiful old bus But a seriously ugly prototype. The engine in a sports car!.3 speed diff maybe & a Roadranger box. Ferrari will be trembling in their shoes.
attitudedesignz,
Jan 9, 8:06pm
Yep, Shuk are my go to guys for odd ball gaskets.
richard112,
Jan 10, 7:17am
Great leads. Thank you all. Find I keep returning to Intrade's dream. I now have this sort of E type Jag but smoother lines. Red of course. Hood down. Kerb parked outside a luxury hotel. Long cool blonde in a black dress enters from stage right, slithers into the driver's seat. Turns the key. A 6 litre 5 cylinder diesel springs to life. Idling at 200 revs & shaking everything within a 200 metre radius as only they can.Priceless.
intrade,
Jan 10, 7:31am
yea its funny fact is diesel where never fast untill electroniccrap made em fast, So it contradicts things butdreams are wierdand everything is possible in a dream.
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