01-03-2019, 06:05 PM
Scarlet you seem to have done a great job of keeping it flat which is the main thing I think.
I made a few notes about installation when reading about this before, I've never tried but for what it's worth:
- clean the gasket with a solvent, gently brushing with a scotchbrite pad on a flat surface, before and after annealing.
- benefit of annealing is debatable but do anneal if you have to straighten bends out (prevents cracks due to work hardening)
- if you do anneal don't use oxyacetylene (it's too hot), heat only to dull cherry red
- better to remove the block studs, lay the gasket on, then re-insert the studs, than to force the gasket down over the studs (but if I did the latter I'd use the head to drive it down evenly).
- use a light coat of spray-on gasket sealant both sides
- you may still need 'stop leaks' in your coolant
I made a few notes about installation when reading about this before, I've never tried but for what it's worth:
- clean the gasket with a solvent, gently brushing with a scotchbrite pad on a flat surface, before and after annealing.
- benefit of annealing is debatable but do anneal if you have to straighten bends out (prevents cracks due to work hardening)
- if you do anneal don't use oxyacetylene (it's too hot), heat only to dull cherry red
- better to remove the block studs, lay the gasket on, then re-insert the studs, than to force the gasket down over the studs (but if I did the latter I'd use the head to drive it down evenly).
- use a light coat of spray-on gasket sealant both sides
- you may still need 'stop leaks' in your coolant