[Fot] Spit 1300 racer head gasket issues.

[Michael Porter]

EDWARD BARNARD wrote:
> Listers: Actually the first gasket I tried on the engine was a Payen. That is
> the only thing I buy. The engine has been bored .060" over, and the Payen blew
> between the adjoining cylinders. We are just looking for some way to get
> through the season until we can pull the engine and have the block cut for
> rings. Bill Collins was told that the Yamabond won't work with copper gaskets.
> On the first try with the copper gasket I glued rings to it and sprayed it
> with copper and left it until tacky. I know Kawasaki has a similar product to
> Yamabond that I use to use on the FV engines to seal the crankcase halves. Not
> sure it will work in this application.
> We may just go back to the Payen and keep our fingers crossed.
>   

Ed, if you're really out of possibilities, one of the things that seemed 
to work on stock engines with chronic head gasket problems was a 
silicate-based sealer (I can't remember a trade name, but, the stuff is 
probably identical, except for concentration, to the liquid head 
sealants on the market today).  It was a clear, thick liquid which 
tended to develop silica crystals in the bottom of the bottle, and as I 
recall, came in a small (3-4 oz.) bottle with an off-white label.  The 
only time I ended up using the stuff was at a shop I worked at in the 
`70s.  They demanded it be used on all water-cooled engine 
rebuilds--claimed it reduced the comeback rate.


Some of the old-timers in your area may remember the stuff and might 
still have some around.


Tried sending this directly, but, AT&T routing is still blocking some 
addresses.


Cheers.






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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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