[TR] Yes - I did blow my gasket (TR4)

[Tony Drews]

I'd suggest either the stock composite gasket (the ones from BP 
Northwest are now made in Germany and seem pretty decent) or the new 
type with fire rings for the head gasket.  For the Manifold gasket, 
the Remflex one is good at taking care of minor surface imperfections.

Tony Drews

At 08:00 AM 5/22/2014, Lee&John Howard wrote:
>The head gasket looked OK to me, but my head man pointed to where the
>sealing ring  around the cylinder is broken. The pistons turn smoothly so
>all seems OK down below. In addition, the exhaust manifold on the same low
>compression cylinders was blown, and on inspection the manifold mating
>surface on the head was a bit warped, as is manifold face . So, we'll true
>up those surfaces.
>
>The gasket I used first time was the copper variety. I'm thinking now to
>use a modern thicker type, perhaps one from Remflex?
>http://catalog.remflex.com/
>
>As well, the machinest suggests I lower the compression, which I measured
>at about 10:1 at rebuild four years ago. Any suggestions for a thicker
>gasket?
>
>Many thanks
>
>John
>
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