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yachtsmanbill · 02-23-2013, 06:46 PM

Hey Scott... does that gasket overfold appear as a fire ring or around the outside perimeter? All mine have an open edge on the outside with a good copper seal around the chamber. The new copper is really soft and the fiber composite is also pretty accomodating. It should all squeeze together with little problem sealing. Spray some copper coat on it so itll slide into the flat position when pulling the head down.
At 50-60 psi sealing isnt too difficult. Ive re-used old gaskets that were bent in half (some worse!) out of necessity and they ran fine. These arent 13:1s or have have a blower putting the squeeze on it. Itll be hunky dory...
Now if you have CNC capabilities you can cut the deck and o-ring (?) it.
;-)) ws

02-23-2013, 06:46 PM	#39
yachtsmanbill Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Two Rivers, Wi. Posts: 1,406	Re: 26 Tmotor Hey Scott... does that gasket overfold appear as a fire ring or around the outside perimeter? All mine have an open edge on the outside with a good copper seal around the chamber. The new copper is really soft and the fiber composite is also pretty accomodating. It should all squeeze together with little problem sealing. Spray some copper coat on it so itll slide into the flat position when pulling the head down. At 50-60 psi sealing isnt too difficult. Ive re-used old gaskets that were bent in half (some worse!) out of necessity and they ran fine. These arent 13:1s or have have a blower putting the squeeze on it. Itll be hunky dory... Now if you have CNC capabilities you can cut the deck and o-ring (?) it. ;-)) ws __________________ " Warning; the following contains content that the anal retentive may find offensive - please skip on to the next posting!"