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dollar bill trick when replacing the gasket
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laserdoc85
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Ok,,when I close the lid with a bill on top of the gasket I cannot pull it out. I know then my seal is good. I have about a 6 inch section to the left of the handle that I can pull the bill out. Do I loosen the band and push down on the dome around this section or should I leave well enough alone since it is a small section about 6 inches
Jefferson .GA.
Been egging since 1985 on a medium egg
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You Americans are so cruel. Canadians don't have a dollar bill. We have Loonies and Twonies and five dollar bills but there is no way we are wasting a fiver to check egg seals
Steve
Caledon, ON
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LS please keep your Loonies and such to your self. We get that crap down here and it fouls up the system. Throws the little old McDonalds ladies into a tizzy!Southern Indiana
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Yes, loosen and try again. Don't sweat it though as you will be fine either way.Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
What am I drinking now? Woodford....neat -
Personally I would not sweat 6" of not as tight. In time any leakage at that area will actually be filled with escaping creosote. OTOH if it really bugs you, just take a putty knife in that area and break the bond between the Rutland and the Permatex and spread more Permatex to build it up - just don't build it to high or the remainder won't set.
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What's a gasket?
XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys -
OK thanks, guess I will leave it alone and see if the creosote seals it upJefferson .GA.Been egging since 1985 on a medium egg
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besides that this thing is called a smoker so if it leaks for a while then so what! BTW I tried to send you a PM but guess you didn't read it, heed it or whatever! I just might know what I'm talking about after having sold 961 Rutland gaskets during the last 11 years as a non-profit service to fellow eggers.laserdoc85 said:OK thanks, guess I will leave it alone and see if the creosote seals it up -
Nope never got a pm from youRRP said:
besides that this thing is called a smoker so if it leaks for a while then so what! BTW I tried to send you a PM but guess you didn't read it, heed it or whatever! I just might know what I'm talking about after having sold 961 Rutland gaskets during the last 11 years as a non-profit service to fellow eggers.laserdoc85 said:OK thanks, guess I will leave it alone and see if the creosote seals it upJefferson .GA.Been egging since 1985 on a medium egg
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