LBZ: Gasket Kit
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They said everything but no head gaskets< I take it has all the hondabond stuff for the pan and front cover and stuff.all the injector seals and the o rings water pump gaskets and all the up pipe gaskets and maifold gaskets.
you only need one of the small GM caulk tubes per engine, but GM sells two different RTV's. One is in a caulking tube and the other is in a toothpaste tube.
The caulking tube stuff is awesome because it is easy to dispense (sp) a nice bead, and it works great. I even used it to seal my oil cooler back together! I learned you arent supposed to take it apart AFTER I took it apart and lost that non-servicable gasket....
The caulking tube stuff is awesome because it is easy to dispense (sp) a nice bead, and it works great. I even used it to seal my oil cooler back together! I learned you arent supposed to take it apart AFTER I took it apart and lost that non-servicable gasket....
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Ben do you have the P/N for the caulking tubes...
Also the Gasket kit as of this morning is unavailable.. at least through my dealer.
Also the Gasket kit as of this morning is unavailable.. at least through my dealer.
P/N 97720043
Not sure why Ben said you only need one tube? He must be a expert with the caulk
Brayden the stuff I used was part number 12378521
Its grey, its cheap, its in a caulk tube, and its awesome. I hate stuff in toothpaste tubes. I even used it to seal my oil cooler back together, when I lost that big O ring (well not really an O) thats not availible as a separate part, as I said above
I had to take the oil pan back off and put it on again, otherwise I definetly would have only needed 1 tube to do the entire engine. AND I used it to seal my lower valve covers (lost the stock gaskets)
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I almost find it a waist to buy th ewhole kit most of it you wont use. and you still need head gaskets.And you still need the bon which runs around 12.50 a tube.
Josh if there packed in there own bags they say what they go to atleast close to it. alot of the seals and gaskets can be resused, If you had alot of metal go thru the motor you will need to replace your oil cooler also.
The ones in bags do have a very brief (and somewhat vague) description, but there are a bunch that are just loose in there.
I didn't have much metal go through there, but I will be giving the oil cooler a thorough cleaning.
I didn't have much metal go through there, but I will be giving the oil cooler a thorough cleaning.
They tell you not to take the oil cooler apart, and on that we did but I had no metal go thru mine, When you take the cooler apart the o ring inside is not sold by Gm and is not serviceable, The coils inside is very very small and hard to clean out, When you put it back togther you will need to use rtv to hold the o ring in place to get it back togther.
I will take pics of the one that were replacing on the LB7 were doing. they cost around 230 to replace.