if it has not been run, and just removing the rocker shaft assembly then
upon reassembly re-torque it and go for it. if ithas beenthrough a heat
cycle then replace is a rather common rule of thumb.
of course ya can always put a new gasket in it atthis point but the new
gasket will not compress any more than the present one and the present one
has not seen any damage to the sealing rings as it has been uniformly
compressed and has not seen any change composition wise through heat and
compression in cylinders(while running).
chuck.
> [Original Message]
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> To: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 11/17/2004 2:32:15 AM
> Subject: Forwarded: Head Gasket Question
>
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> mjb.
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> ------- Start of forwarded message -------
> From: Jackson Zimmermann <JZIMMERM@albemarle.org>
> Subject: Head Gasket Question
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:55:53 -0500
>
> A question for the list. In fitting a new shaved head with APT composite
> headgasket to the sprite, I needed to shim my valvetrain. In doing so, I
> first torqued everything down to figure out that I needed to shim, removed
> all the nuts to install some shims, torqued again, then figured out that I
> needed more shims, removed the nuts, installed more shims and retorqued,
> figured out that I overshimmed, removed the nuts again, and am now ready
to
> finally install the head (whew!).
>
> Now that I have done all this with the current new headgasket, what is the
> wisdom of the list? Should I pull the head (everything is loose now) and
> install a brand new, never-seen-compression-between-the-head-and-block
> gasket? Or is the existing gasket that has been compressed a few times
> going to cut the mustard?
>
> Jackson Zimmermann
> jzi
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