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Re: Changing the head gasket: how hard

To: grbyrns@ucdavis.edu, cyrille@hp.com
Subject: Re: Changing the head gasket: how hard
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:04:25 EDT
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
In a message dated 8/4/04 3:40:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
grbyrns@ucdavis.edu writes:


> I wouldn't change a head gasket on a leaky motor without checking the
> flatness of the head.  Its pretty cheap to have the head planed just enough
> to guarentee a perfectly flat surface before reassembly.  Visual examination
> for a crack, at the least, with magnafluxing being a darn good insurance
> policy.
> 
> 

Good advice!

--David C.

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