Thin Gasket Paper?

[Guest VeloMan]

My 1921 Peugeot transmission is sealed with an .006" gasket. I can't seem to locate gasket paper this thin (1/64" is as small as I've found). Could I use a regular writing or wrapping paper of the correct size, or must I get a special gasket paper?

Phil

[Guest rbl2]

I would think regular wrapping paper would work. That or a brown paper bag. I used to use cereal boxes for gasket material and am not above using it now.

[Bill Stoneberg]

Just for fun, I took my mic to various sheets of paper around the house and the brown paper bag from a grocery store is .0055. A dollar bill is .004 and a sheet of printer paper is .005. Nothing thicker around my house but a brown paper bag will work for you.

[HarryJ]

Phil.......Let me suggest using a modern "goop" such as "The Right Stuff" by Permatex. These new technologies are far better than the old fashioned paper gaskets.

[Guest rbl2]

I used printer paper to set the gap between my ring gear and pinion gear. Works great. Or at least it has so far.

[Guest imported_Joe Kieliszek]

Hi Phil,

They do have a roll of brown wrapping paper at work next to

the rolls of Garlock gasket material, so apparently it is

widely used for gaskets..

Thanks,

Joe

[Guest VeloMan]

The rest of the story:

I was advised to use plain brown wrapping paper, but I'd also written to a gasket supplier who said they stocked .006 gasket paper. The price: $2 a square foot, so I figured I'd play it safe and get the right paper for the job. Seventeen dollars later, the package arrived. I opened it, happy to finally find correct material. I opened the box and found... plain brown wrapping paper. I obviously have a lot of lessons left to learn in car restoration!

Phil

[Bhigdog]

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Now that's funny! I hope they at least kissed you and told you how much they loved you........Bob

[Guest gwatrac]

I have been looking for thin paper gasket material to use for sealing and setting the correct height for the top of the wet sleeves on my 1948 Citroen engine. I need 0.004" (0.10mm) thickness to bring them from 0.001" below up to the specified 0.002-0.004" higher than the block. An On-line search has given no results. I have 0.004" thick printer paper and I recently received a vellum paper envelope in the mail that is 0.0035" thick and looks right as a gasket material. Does anyone know how the vellum paper will hold up vs typing paper in this application? (located between the sleeve flange and the block, forming the seal between the coolant and the crankcase). I intend to use Hylomar Advanced Formula gasket sealant on both sides of the gasket, it adds no thickness but maybe will protect the paper. Does anyone have experience with materials like this?

[Richard1]

That's 10 cents for the paper and $1.90 for knowing how to sell it.