I should have stated that it is the 2000 EG that I will be working on. I have read the reviews for the Cometic and James gasket kits. They don't sound like they are reliable. The EG has started having different issues come up fairly regular, which I think is due to it only having 8100 miles on it when I bought it in September of 2017
With respect to gaskets. Both S&S and Fuel Moto use Cometic gaskets in their big bore kits. Bob Wood uses them in his RCC Conversion Kits as well. I've used them in at least a dozen builds with no issues.
The HD gasket is the the one to get for the primary. I've used both James and Cometic. Both leaked. Never had a leak with the HD gasket and have R&Rd it several times.
I had similar issues w/ a non-OEM gasket on a 05 primary cover years back. I ended up re-using the 8 year old OEM one and it worked great go figure.
HD ones aren't cheap though....I think the primary gasket for my 08 FL was $20 if not more.
Stator for the Win! Stator is fried, so I went ahead picked up the HD gaskets. 18 years old and I don't know the previous owner, so I decided to it would be better to just replace them.