1275 head gasket what are people using now a friend has had one fail after a couple of months and not many klms done unfortunately I don't know which one the used

Payen AF470
Retighten when hot and again after 1000km or so.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Thank you will pass the information on

I would suggest finding out why it failed once apart. He may have further issues.

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Cheers Dave.

I'm nots sure what happened was put in a mechani head was redone by a reputable person reco carb block deck checked

If the timing is out it can cause head gsket issues, and the new chinese distributors are prone to wild timing variations.

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Cheers Dave.

unfortunately reputable doesn't mean much. There's one here who can't check dwell at all or even do timing correctly but rebuilds mini engines for people.

Since the block and head was supposedly checked then the gasket itself is unlikely to be at fault.

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