Hello list,
Well I pulled the head off and checked the surfaces and nothing is warped.
I ordered a head set and am waiting on that. I have a couple more questions
before I put it back together.
1) I am using ARP head studs and I torqued them down to 45 ft-lbs. Is this
the correct torque setting?
2) Who makes a better head gasket for these engines (in your opinion). I
ordered the head set from VB, Are they usually good gaskets?
Thanks again,
Eduard Tieseler
'66 Herald
The car is a 1200. But the engine is a 69 Spitfire MKIII. My
Grandfather was the previous owner and he did the engine swap, he said
he wanted more power. It never really ran though because it had oil
pressure problems. I will definitely check the block and head for
trueness. It has been apart for years, so that is why I was concerned
about possibly having to resurface.
Thanks,cm
Eduard Tieseler
'66 Herald
Graham Stretch wrote:
>Hi Eduard
>Not sure off the top of my head whether that makes it a 1200 or 1360. I had
>several 1360 Heralds and generally the head gasket would give in a short
>while after I acquired each vehicle (probably the sudden increase in their
>pace of life!) I only ever did one head twice, and that was due to not
>re-torquing it after it was hot and after 1000 miles! NEVER skimmed one of
>the heads, it is very rare in my experience for the Iron heads to change
>shape.
>Only one experience with 1200 and that got a new head gasket also, didn't
>like it so it went, don't know if the gasket ever went again.
>If you get a good straight edge on the head and block you should be able to
>tell reasonably well if each is flat. Checks should be made corner to
>corner, along each side of the cylinders and also across the block at the
>point between each cylinder. If you see light when looking between the
>straight edge and the block or head try slipping different thicknesses of
>feeler gauge in, if the long length is less than 0.005" you should be OK.
>Across the width, 0.002 should be ok. You might get away with more than
>this.
>If it is at or below these figures I would just change the gasket this
time,
>if it goes again then perhaps a head skim will help.
>
>HTH
>Graham.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eduard Tieseler"
>Subject: Leaky head gasket?
>
>
>
>
>>Hello list,
>>I put Antifreeze in my 66 Herald today, hoping to be able to start it
>>for the first time in years, and I see coolant leaking between the head
>>and block on the drivers side of the engine dribbling down to the back
>>of the block(doh!!). I pulled off the valve cover, and it looks like
>>its comming from between the # 2 & 3 cylinder. Im pulling off the head
>>tomorrow. The engine has just been rebuilt, but I did not resurface the
>>head or block. Im hoping that at worst I need to resurface the head (I
>>don't want to pull the engine again, and I really don't want a cracked
>>head [I spent a lot of time porting and polising this one]); or do you
>>think my chances of it being just a bad head gasket are any good? Any
>>suggestions or comments? They are all appreciated!
>>
>>Oh, and to put icing on the cake: the exhaust hangar on my 65 Ford
>>Galaxie broke today as well!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eduard Tieseler
>>'66 Herald
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