Hey Guys I broke the rear plate gasket during the tear down before cleaning my OS45 fsrabc in the old crock pot. She came out looking new, but it seem the gaskets are no longer available from OS. Any one know where to get gasket material so I could make my own.

I still have the front case gasket for a template just need the material.

Thanks in advance

http://www.osengines.com/parts/discontinued.html
http://www.supertigre.com/parts/index.html

If your engine is not listed here, we have little or no information available to assist you.

These gentlemen rebuild old motors and stock large quantities of older engine parts. Either of them may be able to assist you:


1) Preferred means of contact: PetesRC @ aol.com.
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3) Gene Steinkamp This guy was the engine man for World Engines.
8773 Russet Drive
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4) PISTON RINGS ONLY:
For discontinued piston rings, try contacting Frank Bowman. He manufactures repro and current piston rings for our modeling needs. He can make standard and Dykes type rings. If he doesn't have the ring you need in stock, you send the piston and cylinder and he will make it then. prices are $7.50 up to $9.50. His work is of the finest quality.

Frank can be reached at [email protected] or 1-505-327-0696 ( 6pm to 9pm mst. weekdays) and the following address:
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It might take Frank a week to respond to an Email?

5) Alternatively, you might try placing an ad on one of the internet lists such as rec.models.rc.***, www.rcuniverse.com and some of the many other r/c related sites to attempt to purchase the item which interests you.

6) You might try swap meets, club sales, estate sales that list hobby equipment, etc.

http://www.paulsmodelsupply.com/ This site has nothing but his phone number on it but he likes engines and just might have what you are looking for?

Aero Electric ( Woody Bartlet) 3706 N 33rd Street, Galesburg , MI 44053 for parts

A very small amount of RTV will work, or you can even try ordinary printer paper. I have heard of both working very well. Alternately you can always try a local motorcylcle or lawn mower repair shop and ask for a sheet of the very finest gasket material they stock. This is the route a lot of YS .61 fliers went when it was found the stock gaskets were not punched incorrectly and could block the passages in and out of the regulator body.

Good luck,
John

Printer paper works just fine.

Thanks Guys I did find out what it's called a Paper Fiber/vegetable gasket material, glycerine glue impregnated and then a tanning agent formaldehyde is used to render the glue insoluble this makes the paper gasket withstand 250 degrees?

This is also the same veg paper if you press multi-layers(50 tons)together you get Laminate counter top material hummmmmm! I did find it in 4'x250' rolls just enough for every R/C engine in the World

DJLYON you paper comment got me thinking I found a few sheets of Bakers Parchment Paper my wifes kitchen she uses this stuff for baking cookies on at 350 degrees (THAT SHOULD DO NICELY) Geeese hope she does not mind if I borrow it hehehe.

I never thought of it but the bakers parchment paper should be just fine.

If the back plate of the engine ever reachs 250 deg though, I suspect the engine will be toast.

I have an old .40 FSR that I had the same issue with.

A quick trip to the local Hobby Town with backplate in hand revealed that the gaskets for the .46LA were in fact an exact match. The .46LA set contains a head shim and a single gasket so I had to buy 2 of them to get the pair needed for my FSR.

I've always used the backing paper from my old check books. I take a very small ballpean hammer and lighty tap it untill I punch a hole then I install a screw to hold it in place. I then do the same thing on the far corner for another screw. Then I lighty tap around the inside to cut the gasket out. After I have it cut out, I install the back plate and then trim the rest off the outside with a #11 blade. I have done this for years and have never had any problems with it. I hope this helps.