Distributor shaft seal

[bkahler]

I just finished up the restoration of the distributor on my 218 and ended up building one distributor out of two. One of the distributors had some sort of cork seal around the shaft where it meets the block. The parts manual does not show any sort of seal. Having a seal makes sense and I'm tempted to find an o-ring that fits and use it as a seal.

Any thoughts on this

Thanks,

Brad

[billwillard]

Cork gasket. Part # 41928 or 640715

[Jim Gaspard]

Thanks for the information. I 've been looking for this cork gasket for some time. I glued my old brittle gasket back together with rubber glue but it will certainly desintegrate the next time I remove it. Does anyone have a souce for buying this gasket?

[greg g]

There is usually a couple in a complete engine gasket set. I think I have one some where left over from my rebuild. But when I needed one recently, I took the three pieces of the old one to the hardware and got a rubber O ring.

Works fine.

[norrism1]

I bought a roll of cork and made my own. Made a lot with that roll.

[bkahler]

Thanks for the replies. I checked the left overs from the engine gasket set and there was no cork seal there. Measuring the distributor outer housing it appears to be 1" and the overall opening size in the block is 1-3/8" which means a 1" o-ring with 3/16" wall should do the trick. I'll pick one up this week and see how it works.

Thanks!

Brad