a picture is a thousand words... here is the head gasket that failed:
http://www.supertechsport.com/spridget/pics/tob_head_gasket.jpg
notice the crater, or bubble circled in red.
thanks
Toby
> Well I got the head off the engine again. Found that my dad's observation
of
> a blocked off hole on the head by the gasket to be correct. The head
gasket
> "bubbled" thus pulling the gasket away from the crucial seal on #2 and #3.
> What I don't get is that there is no matching hole on the block side. The
> hole in question is inbetween #2 and #3. Do I have a mis-matched head or
> block? I don't get it. Is it supposed to be like this? Did the machine
shop
> boy have fun with the drill press on my head?? I will take some digital
pics
> once I have access to my digital camera. Anybody elses head doesnt match
> their block?
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> Thanks
>
> Toby
>
> 69 AH Sprite
> 71 Fj40 Cruiser.
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