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12-01-2012, 09:21 AM | #1 |
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Copper B Head Gasket
I am just finishing up my engine after a extensive refresh and am about to install a copper B head gasket on an A engine with a 5.5 head.
Which side of the gasket faces the head, or does it matter? Thanks Dick |
12-01-2012, 10:21 AM | #2 |
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
Why a B gskt?? Is that what manuf recommended??
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12-01-2012, 11:24 AM | #3 |
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
on a copper gasket, or any gasket one side will be smooth, the other side around the cylinder bores will be a crimp that crimp goes against the head,the idea being that an engine viberation is delevoped by the pistons firing and may cause wear at the crimps, its easier to surface the head than the block to remove the wear
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12-01-2012, 01:03 PM | #4 |
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
Yes. A "B" head gasket is recommended by Snyder's for the 5.5 head.
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12-01-2012, 01:04 PM | #5 |
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Thanks ford3. That makes sense and it is the way I will do it.
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12-02-2012, 12:03 AM | #7 |
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
The head gasket Snyder's recommends for the 5.5:1 head is not a copper head gasket, it is head gasket Snyder's sells that is coated with silicone ; additional high temp silicone bands surround all water passages. Install with no additional sealants.
Snyder's listing: B-6051-M (for 1932-34 and Snyder's 5.1 or 6.1 Head). Ron Last edited by Ron in Quincy; 12-02-2012 at 12:05 AM. Reason: Correct spelling |
12-02-2012, 08:14 AM | #8 |
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
Thanks Ron. Yes, I am aware of this and have used the silicone coated gasket in the past. I did contact Snyder's at the time that I bought this gasket and they stated that as long as it was a B gasket it should work. We'll see!! The only reason that i am using this gasket instead of the silicone gasket is because I have it in stock. Trying to save a few dollars.
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Re: Copper B Head Gasket
I may be a bit late on this one but I always use a copper asbestos head gasket, the reason is you can always use it a second time in an emergency
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I can just "see" Chief shakin' his head, no, no, that'll just cause ANOTHER emergency about 17 miles down the road!! Bill W.
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Great Photo Bill !!!! Stuck in mud Pie town New Mexico!!!
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Pic reminds me of a friend & his daughter, traveling ALONE to Dallas, pulled off the road in a New Mexico DOWNPOUR!! He still has MUD on the muffler, won't scrub off! Bill W.
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18 miles in NZ and I would be home with most of the water intact What I meant was the other sticky type gaskets have to be scraped off so you have nothing left Ahooga |
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Chief knew an old man who took 2 used head gaskets, layered them with # 2 Permatex, and ran his '29 Chevrolet for years!! Bill W.
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Bill: I'm with Chief and his friend. Plastic, silicone, epoxy, whatever, #2 Permatex is all a mechanic needs. Carry it in your tool kit. (#3 is convenient on occasion.)
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PC, Dog here, what is that # 3 crap? Maybe that's what I got stuck on my R/F pad, DANG stuff won't wear off!! Goes, TICKY TACK, TICKY TACK, when I go across the hard Pergo kitchen floor, Bill LAUGHS!! Well, he DIDN'T laugh once, when he fell on the same HARD floor and drove his SCHNOZZOLA clean into his face, so, he who laughs longest---------------------------Buster T.
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