I've had great success with the Turbo Metro head gasket. Better
results than the competition copper gaskets.
It has a slightly tacky finish that means you apply it to a clean dry
surface directly.
I've used this on my 13:1 race motor.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Thecarguru@aol.com <Thecarguru@aol.com>
To: wmgilroy@lucent.com <wmgilroy@lucent.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues
>Hi again. How many miles are on that 1500? Original head gasket with twenty
>one years on it. Wowsers. If you get another fiber gasket (what you
>described) you might spray it with silver spraypaint, or spray copper
>sealer.It helps seal it and allow it to come off again if need be. I use
the
>newer style gaskets, they have a slippery plastic like surface instead of
the
>"cardboard" looking stuff. They also seem to seal the coolant better.
>Ive heard different stories about both gaskets, but after spending a good
>portion of a day with a wire wheel, a gasket scraper, and a small hammer
>trying to get all the old baked on fiber off the cylinder head, I decided I
>would rather spend my time fixing the engine rather than removing stuck
>gasket.
>One other point I would suggest looking at. On all three of my 1500 blocks
>there is what appears to be a pilot hole drilled approxamately 3/8 diameter
>and about 1/2 inch deep on the edge of the front and rear cylinders of the
>block. Towards the passenger or carburetor/exhaust side of the block. These
>are drilled so close to the edge of the recess for the combustion ring that
on
>my engine they allowed the ring to "burn out" and blow into that small
hole.
>After noticeing this on two head gaskets (which were replaced for un- head
>gasket related reasons) I decided to clean these little holes out and fill
>them with JB weld and file them smooth. This gave support to the combustion
>ring on the head gasket. The last time I pulled the head the gasket was in
>perfect shape at these two points. I would be interested to know if anybody
>else has seen this before. I am sure somebody has besides me.
>Gary
>75 Midgets
>With hardened valve seats, flat top pistons, ten under crank, allison
ignition
>and a DGV hanging over a chrome plated header directed through a walker
>resonator designed for 2.2 turbo chrysler K series cars. (they will have to
>pry my cold dead fingers off that steering wheel someday! ;^)
>
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