06-07-2022, 12:15 AM
I once had a head gasket go on my Bristol 405 and stupidly drove it home resulting in a bit of a furrow burned between 2 cylinders. I phoned the Bristol works to ask what the head minimum combustion could be and without even a pause the nice man at the other end gave me the correct figure which was higher than what I had measured after head skimmed. I told him this and he replied "oh that's all right just make a solid copper gasket from suitably thick copper. 1. what exelent acurate customer service that is so rare nowadays. 2. There is your answer to fix the situation and gasket can be used again in future after cleaning and annealing it (heat to just red and hang up to cool naturally).
I did make a new thick copper gasket and car ran well and I eventually sold it still ok. (the man on the phone was the chief engineer for Bristol cars)
Dennis
I did make a new thick copper gasket and car ran well and I eventually sold it still ok. (the man on the phone was the chief engineer for Bristol cars)
Dennis