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Jerry_Williams69 t1_j0af7gc wrote

Reply to comment by Aaron351 in RV owners caught up in Hartford towing crackdown - Vermont continues to make it harder on poor people to survive. by JerryKook

You are both half right. Paper gaskets are not made of cardboard box material. Paper gaskets are usually wax coated or impregnated. Can get plane sheets of gasket material for pretty cheap, but they still might be too much for the dude in the video. Maybe he just doesn't know about this option too.

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Aaron351 t1_j0afz7k wrote

Yeah obviously modern paper gaskets are superior to the cardboard this guy is using, but a non preg paper gasket still works great considering the situation we are observing. If he can’t spend $10 for a TH400 pan gasket and wants to improve his situation, a pizza box will do a damn good job for a while and he doesn’t deserve to be shit on.

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Jerry_Williams69 t1_j0ag78j wrote

It will do good for a couple days maybe. Once that cardboard soaks through, it will leak like it isn't there. Definitely agree that he doesn't deserve to be shit on.

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SnooMaps1313 t1_j0cf3b8 wrote

How many liters of ATF is this amazon box trying to hold back? There's a difference between a gasket for an intake manifold or carb, and a pan gasket holding a huge amount of fluid.

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Aaron351 t1_j0cqfjf wrote

For his transmission, there’s 6qts in the pan, however the fluid level with engine off is below the gasket so the qty doesn’t matter. The pan gasket is not holding any pressure while running either. It’s basically holding back the fluid dripping and flying around during operation. A gasket for an intake manifold actually would see much greater pressure differential than that of a th400 pan. And just to be clear, I’m not saying everyone should be frugal and use cardboard to fix their cars, I just think this guy deserves more credit than he’s getting in these comments. He’s replacing what experience tells me is probably a completely cracked and leaking gasket, with a gasket that will stop the uninhibited leak with the downside of slowly wicking fluid out. It’s not a permanent solution but a solution nonetheless.

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