Tips for removing old harden gasket from aluminium

HDAV

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you chaps and chapess’ Are bound to know some tricks for removing old gaskets to get a nice clean mating surface, had to pull an oil pump from Ali block and the gasket is a real pig, the pump side is looking good, but the block side is a nightmare to get at and I’m struggling
 

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Blue.

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Livestock Farmer
You want a flat scraper with replaceable blades,mrs has one for cleaning the glass hob.
There sub £5 ? Look on ebay.
 

tinman

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Location
Ulster
you have it off now but for what its worth i have a 40mm wide paint scraper of a good quality (old) that i keep sharp on a diamond block for that very job, it makes light work of it.
 

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