Base Gasket And Spacer Fabrication

OK,here is the Gasket/Spacer(GS)Fab;
Here is the basic tools needed

Rough piece of gasket cut out

Gasket is held against cyl barrel,then lightly tapped with SMALL hammer

Here is the imprint

That is then cut out with scissors,and heck it fits!

Grab a few 8mm bolts and carefully tap them thru the stud holes

Got the studs located,so I bump around the transfers with the ballend of the SMALL hammer

Use a flat punch to cut the corners

Then I bump around the outside of the gasket lightly to get the outside(I actually make it a bit bigger)


Now I transfer my new gasket to my spacer aluminum plate

Draw a C/L(center line) between the studs

The circle cutter is setup for the proper diameter,then is placed on center

Here is the results

Then the stud holes are pilot drilled

I use the same 1/8" pilot drill to go around the transfer openings in a very close pattern

A sharp wood chisel is used to cut away the excess metal

Stud holes are drilled to 8mm(5/16") and the transfer channels are hand filed in a vice to match them up

My 2 favorite tools

Compound tin snips are used to rough cut the outside

Here is the final fit,it aint perfect,but this whole mess took around an hour to do!