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Bryanj:
Rebuilding a 500 for John he was sold a "complete" Athena gasket set.
Now not in the set are the oil pump to crankcase O rings, which Julie can supply but more important you dont get what i call the pontefract cakes(the US insist on calling them pucks), these are only available seperately from Honda and are now £5 EACH plus vat and post thus adding about £30 to the cost of the set.

This makes it, to me, worth shopping around and checking prices plus contents before purchase.

DomP:
Julie sells the pucks Bryan

Johnwebley:

--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 18, 2023, 11:48:03 AM ---Rebuilding a 500 for John he was sold a "complete" Athena gasket set.
Now not in the set are the oil pump to crankcase O rings, which Julie can supply but more important you dont get what i call the pontefract cakes(the US insist on calling them pucks), these are only available seperately from Honda and are now £5 EACH plus vat and post thus adding about £30 to the cost of the set.

This makes it, to me, worth shopping around and checking prices plus contents before purchase.

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davidcumbria:
Thought I was going to have to fork out for these one was  missing when I started stripping the engine. Much as I have found elsewhere it was just sloppy work because two spare ones were loose in the cavities of the cylinder head. £5 each plus vat and postage is a bit nose bleeding…..

Oddjob:
I never used to renew them back in the 70/80s, just kept reusing them, never had a leak. I renewed them on my last engine restoration but TBH only because everything else was getting renewed at the same time. If they are still supple I'd say use them again, in the very unlikely event they do leak it's not a massive job to replace them, no new gaskets needed.

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