****** ngears.... headlight rim cork

[larry harding]

while chatting "a" trannys someone said thay had heard somewhere about using some kind of chevy gears in a ford ****** to get syncronisers. any one heared of this?

a while back i ordered the cork gasket for the headlight rim, they were so brittle they crumbled when i tried installing them. the supplier replaced them with better ones, but has any one come up with a better idea. maybe some small vinyl hose or foam material. cork gaskets are almost a thing of the past, there must be a better way.

 

[J Franklin]

They used to, and maybe still do, sell rubber (type) gasket for the headlight reflector to rim gaskets.

 

[ursus]

They used to, and maybe still do, sell rubber gasket for the headlight reflector to rim gaskets.

Sulfur in rubber will outgas over time to tarnish the silver in the reflectors. Silver tarnish is mostly silver sulfide. Maybe the non-cork gaskets are made of neoprene?

 

[J Franklin]

I have edited my post. On some of my old car headlights I found waxed cord used as a gasket.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

A while back i ordered the cork gasket for the headlight rim, they were so brittle they crumbled when i tried installing them. The supplier replaced them with better ones, but has any one come up with a better idea. Maybe some small vinyl hose or foam material. cork gaskets are almost a thing of the past, there must be a better way.

Snyder's has the neoprene gaskets. https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/product.htm?pid=976439&cat=41726

 

[Bill G]

Don't know about Chevy gears, but Mitchell makes a synchronized Model A ****** that I believe is in a stock ****** case, or close to it. Bolts right in. Not cheap, however.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

Don't know about Chevy gears, but Mitchell makes a synchronized Model A ****** that I believe is in a stock ****** case, or close to it. Bolts right in. Not cheap, however.

Bill, what I like about the Mitchell Transmission, besides the second and third synchros, is that first and second are 15% higher, closing up the cavern between the stock second and third gear rations.