In a message dated 1/24/00 10:33:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mschwall@flash.net writes:
> I hope you used a sanding block and not your fingers/hands to sand the
> heads.block. The mating surfaces are critical in gasket sealing, if you
> rubbed finger channels into the material, you will have gasket sealing
> problems. Nothing more than a simple wire brush should be used on gasket
> surfaces as critical as the heads. We're talking tolerances in the
> thousandths of an inch that will affect the sealing.
>
Actually I did use my fingers and hands. I was aware of the tolerance
problem, so I made sure I sanded as flat as possible, and equally in all
areas (I didn't spend more time in one area than another, causing a potential
"low spot") I was especially careful directly around the cylinders where the
rings will be crushed. I was goinf to use a sanding block, but all I wanted
to do is sand enough to get the old gasket material off, and was afriad I may
take off too much material with the sanding block. Hope I did it right.
-Austin
Vipertruck
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