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I got some eight point sockets off eBay to work on that plug. They work fine if the plug is not buggered up. On my second deuce I was forced to remove the vent tube to lubricate it because the plug did not want to break loose at all.

The gasket cutter, two knives on a center spike worked well. It was about $18 on eBay. I used paper material from O'Reilly's at about $4. The manufacturer recommended using a wood brace, I used a 3/8 ratchet with an eight point socket. It took four times, but I finally turned out a perfect...

I soaked my one remaining gasket in the brake fluid as you suggested for ten days. It seems to work, even if not as rapidly as you suggested. I found the gasket just barely pliable enough to go around the end plate. On being tightened it flattened out and probably will work fine. Others may...

I have been getting them of eBay. The short air pack probably has a different seal for the air cylinder and I have not opened one to see if the air piston uses the same felt and rubber seals. But the hydraulic cylinder stuff should be the same.

I tried making the 1/8 square o-ring work tonight. No worky!:cry: It squeezes out. Back to paper. I will try doghead's idea and cut my own paper gasket tomorrow. Further, the affiant sayeth not.

I have many gallons around here. I will try it. Weird. I may like the 1/8 o-ring better, but then who knows?

What is BFS?

As some may know I have been working on three deuce air packs rebuilds. I cannot find a real gasket amongst the rebuild kits that fits the end cap. It is a 4 1/2 inside diameter, 1/8 inch paper gasket. The rebuild kit I have gotten, four, all have a paper gasket that is just too small. So...