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Head gasket; using old, used, one again.

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rendo
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Username: rendo

Post Number: 29
Registered: 08-2006


Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 08:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What is the best way to prepare and use a used head gasket when a new one is no longer available?
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bluecometk
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What type head gasket?
Composite, Sandwich type,Solid as in copper,or
fire ring type?
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rendo
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Post Number: 30
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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 08:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It is sandwich or clad between two sheets of metal. It is a Victor # 452.
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bluecometk
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Post Number: 19
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Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 08:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Years ago when My father and I would work on our old 6 cylinder Hercules engines he would prep the old gasket by first cleaning it with a razor blade if necessary then gasoline then acid tone then alcohol. We would then soak it in water for a few hours. I think to swell some of the materials in the center. After drying we would coat the outside with aviation cement and install it. I think Permitex still makes the cement.

This may not be the best procedure but it worked for us many times with no leakage into the engine or compression compression leaks. The reason we had to remove the gasket so many times was the engine had a sticky valve that only got stuck on Sundays or it always seemed that way.
We had the whole job down to about 45 minutes less the swelling time for the gasket.

I almost forgot we would also grease the head stud holes so they would not stick to the studs the next time we removed it.

Hope this helps

These are just my opinions.
Bluecometk

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