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From: Jackson Zimmermann <JZIMMERM@albemarle.org>
Subject: Head Gasket Question
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:55:53 -0500
A question for the list. In fitting a new shaved head with APT composite
headgasket to the sprite, I needed to shim my valvetrain. In doing so, I
first torqued everything down to figure out that I needed to shim, removed
all the nuts to install some shims, torqued again, then figured out that I
needed more shims, removed the nuts, installed more shims and retorqued,
figured out that I overshimmed, removed the nuts again, and am now ready to
finally install the head (whew!).
Now that I have done all this with the current new headgasket, what is the
wisdom of the list? Should I pull the head (everything is loose now) and
install a brand new, never-seen-compression-between-the-head-and-block
gasket? Or is the existing gasket that has been compressed a few times
going to cut the mustard?
Jackson Zimmermann
jzimmerm@albemarle.org
'64 A-H Sprite (1275 & 5-speed, etc.)
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