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February 28, 2010
Earlier this month I wrote about Lister and Listeroid gaskets. Lister is an old English firm that manufactured a line of diesel engines that are popular around the world to this day, so popular that they continue to be manufactured in India by many different firms. These Indian copies are referred to as ‘Listeroids’ by the Lister engine communityto differentiate them from the genuine Lister engines. Many are identical or almost identical to the originals, but the cylinder head pattern is one important area of difference. Lister OEM pattern head gaskets will fit many Listeroids, but there will be redundant bolt holes and the water passages do not match up 100%.
From what I have been able to gather, the Indian manufacturers have a habit of leaving swarf in the castings and the engines must be cleaned up and rebuilt in order for them to last. They also come with very poor quality gaskets, which is why many Lister owners came to us for help. At our Lister gasket web site http://www.listergasketstogo.com we supply a head gasket for Lister and Listeroids that has been very well received by Lister owners, and we will be soon adding Listeroid patterns to our list of gaskets on the site. I will post a picture of one of these below along with the Lister pattern so you can see the difference. As always, we can customize both patterns with different bore sizes.
Listeroid 10/1 Head Gasket
Our Lister CS Series pattern available at www.listergaskets.com
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Categories: Farm Engines, Industrial Engines, Small Engine Gaskets
Tags: custom gaskets, Gaskets-To-Go, Lister engines, Listeroid engines
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February 28, 2010
Stover was one of the larger American industrial engine manufacturers. If my research is correct they were in business from 1895 to 1942. Shutting down in 1942 seems curious, what with war-time production at capacity. I wonder why Stover wasn’t busy with government contracts to make engines or any other needed material? Perhaps a reader can enlighten us as to why that was the case?
The customer sent a scan for this gasket, and asked for copper sandwich construction. The backing grid indicated that it was not printing out at 1:1, so I foolishly adjusted it so that it would print out correctly. What I didn’t know was that the customer (without realizing it) had scanned it at less than full size, so the result was that I sent him a pile of gaskets that were the wrong size! We sorted that out, but just to be safe the customer sent the old gasket to us and we redid the batch. I have since revised the scanning instructions at www.gasketstogo.com/scans.htm to make things clearer.
Stover DV2
Finished gaskets along with used pattern gasket
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Categories: Farm Engines, Industrial Engines, Small Engine Gaskets
Tags: Custom gaskets for Stover engine, Gaskets-To-Go, Stover DV2 gasket, Stover Engine
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February 28, 2010
More than a few of our customers are looking for gaskets for Chinese and Japanese industrial engines. With the sheer number of different models and differences in domestic and export names it can be tough to find gaskets, particularly if they are no longer sold. This customer had a Komatsu Mini-Excavator with what he suspected might be a Yanmar engine. He sent a scan, and after receiving a quotation sent us the old pattern to work from. We created the gasket using a metal-mesh reinforced non-asbestos composite material from Interface Solutions, with steel fire rings and one water passage bushed in copper. I will insert images of the scan and one of the gaskets we made below:
The customer marked the hole to be bushed in copper with a circle. We marked the scan up in red text for our use.
And here is an image of one of the new gaskets. Note the copper bush in the lower left-hand corner of the gasket:
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Categories: Tractors
Tags: custom gaskets, Gaskets-To-Go, Komatsu gakset, Komatsu Mini-Excavator, Yanmar
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February 27, 2010
Gaskets-to-Go has a very close relationship with a firm that can manufacture almost any kind of spring or fastener. For most springs we can supply your requirements in quantities of from one on up. To furnish you with a quote we need an image with dimensions or a drawing. The images below show only a small portion of the different types of springs and fasteners we can help you with. Currently we are producing a set of brake springs for an old American make and will be posting those here soon.
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Categories: Fasteners, Springs
Tags: custom springs & fasteners, Fasteners, Springs, springs & fasteners
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February 27, 2010
This customer sent a scan of two exhaust gaskets and asked us to make replacements in the form of a multi-layer steel (MLS) gaskets. As the name implies, these are made of multiple layers of steel with a steel fire ring. In this case the fire ring we supplied was made from stainless steel. He wanted something a bit thicker than 2.0mm, so we proposed 2.4mm. I will paste images of the scan the customer sent and the MLS gaskets below:
Scan of original Armstrong style metal sandwich exhaust gaskets
Finished MLS Exhaust Gaskets with SS Fire Ring from Gaskets-to-Go
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Categories: Automobiles
Tags: custom gaskets, Gaskets-To-Go, MLS exhaust gaskets, MLS gaskets, multi-layer steel gaskets
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February 27, 2010
A growing portion of our business comes from those restoring old industrial and farm engines. In this particular case the customer sent scans of a composite head gasket and solid copper exhaust gaskets for a 1910 Fairbanks Morse 2HP vertical he is restoring. We used those to provide a quotation, and to make the gaskets once he decided to place an order. Upon receiving the gaskets this customer wrote back to say that he had just, “…received the gaskets and they fit just fine, Good job,” which is always nice to hear. I will paste below an image of a similar machine , followed by the customer’s scans and our gaskets.
Fairbanks Morse Vertical Engine
Customer Supplied Scans
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Categories: Small Engine Gaskets
Tags: custom gaskets, Fairbanks Morse, Fairbanks Morse 2 HP, Farm Engine, Gaskets-To-Go
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February 15, 2010
Meadows made lots of engines and gearboxes for industrial, automotive, and marine use in the U.K. until it merged with another company and the name disappeared in 1960. A customer asked for a quotation based on a drawing in .dxf format, which I will paste below. The type of gasket requested was non-asbestos copper sandwich construction, and in addition to the bore there were three passages that needed to be sealed or bushed, i.e. the copper needed to be folded over in those area. To let us know which ones he marked those will a C.
Here is one of the finished gaskets:
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Categories: Gaskets-General
Tags: Copandas Gaskets, Copper Sandwich Gaskets, custom gaskets, Meadows Engines, Meadows HDC, Non-Asbestos Gaskets
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February 8, 2010
In addition to the Lister gaskets I sell at www.listergaskets.com I can supply other Lister and Listeroid gaskets to order. ‘Listeroid’ is the term used to describe Lister engine clones made in India and elsewhere. These slow running diesel engines are still in use around the world, even though the original British design dates back more than 80 years ago. Many gaskets are common to both Lister originals and the clones, but some are not. Recently I had a customer request a Listeroid Pattern 3/1 head gasket. I have a die for this in stock so we punched one out and sent it along with a set of engine gaskets since most of those are common between Listers and Listeroid models. Here is what the customer wrote after receiving them:
gaskets received 5/2/2010.
excellent-thank you
will do business again
At some point I will be adding additional Lister gaskets to the Lister site. I will post an image of a Lister engine and the gasket below:
Lister Engine
Listeroid 3/1 128mm Bore Steel Reinforced Non-Asbestos Head Gasket with Flame Ring. Gasket material from Interface Solutions (USA)
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Categories: 1, Small Engine Gaskets
Tags: Lister, Lister 3/1, Lister 6/1 8/1 10/1, Lister CS Series, Lister Diesel Engines
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February 6, 2010
Some time ago a customer contacted us to manufacture a multi-layer steel (MLS) head gasket for his VW 1.6 L Turbo engine with a mechanical head. MLS gaskets for this model are apparently not available from the larger manufacturers, so he turned to Gaskets-To-Go for help since we can usually manufacture MLS gaskets in quantities of one or more. This particular gasket needed to be 1.6mm thick. As you can see from the image, the outer steel layers are embossed and coated, while inside are several more flat layers. MLS gaskets are usually bullet proof provide that the sealing surfaces are smooth and true to 50 RA. They go on dry, and no receiver rings should be used.
To make the gasket the customer sent us an old one off his car. He was very happy with the results and must have let his friends know because over the past two years we continue to receive orders for these from time to time.
If you need an MLS gasket and cannot find one off the shelf from one of the larger dealers like Cometic please contact us. All we need is an image and L x W and thickness dimensions in order to provide you with a quotation.
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Categories: Automobiles
Tags: 1985 VW 1.6L Turbo, custom MLS gaskets, MLS gasket for 1985 VW 1.6L with mechanical head, MLS gaskets
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February 6, 2010
From time to time we are called on by customers to manufacture felt washers and other felt gaskets, which we can do in a variety of thicknesses. This particular customer sent ID, OD, and thickness specs and a photo of one of the felt gaskets he required in a quantity of 150 pieces. I will post the image of the original gasket below and an image showing some of the gaskets we made when the order was received.
Image sent by customer along with OD 1 78″ ID 3/4″ and 1/4″ thickness spec
Finished white felt gaskets
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Categories: Automobiles
Tags: custom felt gaskets, custom gaskets, felt gaskets, white felt gaskets
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