Hear, here!
We always bought all of our copper gaskets from Mordy. He'd make us anything we
asked for.
Bill Dentinger
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> On Jul 23, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Kas Kastner via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Mordy Dunst can make you figure 8 gaskets of ANY thickness.
>
> Never be beaten by equipment.
>
>
>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM, timmmurphh--- via Fot <fot at
>> autox.team.net> wrote:
>> I?m having a block decked and the liner seats recut to get the proper stick
>> out of 0.003 to 0.005. The figure 8 gaskets I?ve gotten in the past, mostly
>> steel, were 0.015 to 0.016 thick. Even an old set of copper figure 8?s
>> measure 0.016. The latest copper figure 8?s from British Parts North West
>> measure 0.020.
>>
>>
>>
>> The 0.015 to 0.016 Figure 8?s gave the proper stick out with the old block.
>> My concern is that if I have the liner seats cut for the 0.020 gaskets, that
>> in the future I may not be able to get these. I?m also a bit confused as to
>> how in the past the 0.015 to 0.016 apparently worked, but now are people
>> using the 0.020? And how are they getting the stick out within
>> specification?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any input on this. I?m taking the block over to the machine
>> shop, about 60 miles away, tomorrow, but I don?t necessarily have to decide
>> on the liner seats until they actually get it set up on the boring machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. I talked to Steve Yott and he said the figure 8 gaskets that come in
>> the gasket sets are measuring at 0.020.
>>
>>
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