> > 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
FWIW, I use wd40 and razor bladed to remove head gasket material.
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