I think Chuck means "no"!
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From Charles Christ <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 17 November 2004 13:16
Subject: RE: Forwarded: Head Gasket Question
>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]
>> From: <lists@Autox.Team.Net>
>> To: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
>> Date: 11/17/2004 2:32:15 AM
>> Subject: Forwarded: Head Gasket Question
>>
>> For some reason this was sent to me rather than spridgets@autox.team.net.
>> If your internet access is web-capable, check out
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>> Reply to author, not me.
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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
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