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My engine uses a seal strip in the crankshaft's rear end bearing cap, which also holds the seal plate. But I don't have access to such seal strips...can I just use silicon gasket maker? Or wouldn't be better: rubber strips I can cut, daub them with silicon gasket maker and then fit them?

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EDIT: Sooo...after some study, I came up with this: cut several thick cardboard strips as needed (keeping in mind the head gasket will add some thickness as well), then put them together like a sandwich or plywood by applying a very thin layer of silicone gasket maker in between. Pressed it for a day and then to use it, apply gasket maker all around.

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I fitted this type of seal to v8s that I built - the seal works on compression and the material mix is designed not to degrade with heat / time. If you replace it with something else - you suggest rubber - then you will need to consider if the rubber will degrade or soften over time - with the consequent downtime and costs of, maybe, removing the engine. You say you cannot get them locally - could you source and order them over the internet?

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