head gasket

[ben_p]

How do you prep a head and block for a new gasket. I’m fitting a new gasket today and there is shite all over the block, the head is getting skimmed so that’s not a problem

But the block has a lil bit of **** on it…. I don’t just want to scrub it down with some paper as the shite mite go in the jackets... how do I do it?


Also would you use that gasket sealant on the head along with the gasket?

 

[Giles]

nice fonts! lol

 

[Ad]

Im guessing he has cupt pasted it....

 

[tidyclio]

you can get a scraper almost like what you use to strip wallpaper to do the job of getting of the crap/old gasket

 

[ben_p]

wont that score the head.? i was thinking of blocking the gallerlys then a light sand?

 

[Fred@BTM]

block them up and then use a scraper (razor blade in a holder basically)

 

[-TA-]

^

and use a scotch bright pad type thingy to clean any other bits, and make sure you keep the bores clean!

 

[tidyclio]

if i had never done it before i would think it would to but being honest i've been instructed to use one of these a few times and they always do the trick.
i'd be wary with sandpaper of leaving scratches all over it but you don't learn anything without trying

 

[ben_p]

sweet.. cheers guys..also one of the pistons has a crack in the top.. i use super glue and tinfoil this will sort it out yea?

 

[Fred@BTM]

sweet.. cheers guys..also one of the pistons has a crack in the top.. i use super glue and tinfoil this will sort it out yea?

get a mig welder on it

 

[ben_p]

sweet.. ill weld the piston to the bore to keep it down insted.. so i dotn put pressure on it as then it wont be used.