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Maxi23
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:45 pm 
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I have a replacement head gasket all ready to go on after cleaning the head and block up.

One side is metal, other side is a softish type texture.

Which way faces upwards ?

Other gaskets I have had had text telling which way was supposed to be at the front and left, but this one doesnt have anything on it whatsoever.

Any help is appreciated.

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I just bought a head gasket mine says which way is up though.. Can't help you sorry... have fun replacing it, I cracked the shits trying to drain the radiator and gave up.
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I just undid all the hoses and let it all go down the drain :)

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sounds good.. I'l give that a go.
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alright fk that... i cracked the shits again.. next time I'll throw a brick at the damn thing
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h0nk wrote:
alright fk that... i cracked the shits again.. next time I'll throw a brick at the damn thing


that's the spirit! :D

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h0nk wrote:
sounds good.. I'l give that a go.
Posted at 2:26pm

h0nk wrote:
alright fk that... i cracked the shits again... next time i'll throw a brick at the damn thing
Posted at 2:32pm

LOL... 6 minutes!

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Molina wrote:
h0nk wrote:
sounds good.. I'l give that a go.
Posted at 2:26pm

h0nk wrote:
alright fk that... i cracked the shits again... next time i'll throw a brick at the damn thing
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LOL... 6 minutes!


hahah yeah I went out unscrewed the hose clips but the hoses were all stuck.. I couldn't manage to pull any of them off.

Maxi23 sorry for stealing the thread. Can anyone help with the gasket problem?
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I'm pretty sure the correct way is the hard side up.... the gasket is working on the 998 I did a couple of weeks ago, and it's hard side up...

H0nk, try twisting the hoses before pulling, that'll crack the seal, then if they're still hard, gently lever with a screwdriver - GENTLY... ;)
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hard/copper side is top from all motors ive done b4...is it exact mirror image to rotate and fit upside down??

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hard/copper side is top from all motors ive done b4...is it exact mirror image to rotate and fit upside down??


yeah it is a mirror image - it took me ages to decide which way up to put it, in the end I thought back to whether I had to scrape the block or the head clean of the old gasket - it was the block... soft side down
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all these so called bloody experts and not one has given you the right info.

its like a piece of toast, isnt it?

put jam on the headgasket, throw it in the air , when it lands jam side down , you know that that side should face up.


HUH! AND PEOPLE SAY THAT I HAVE NO MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE! PHU!

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Have you had a close look? they're usually labelled 'TOP'...

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Mini Mad wrote:
Have you had a close look? they're usually labelled 'TOP'...

and `FRONT'... (might be, if was on a Morris Minor..):lol:
With newer composition ones as Con the Fruiterer would say `dus'n matter'- the thing is symmetrical and will seal either way up. I've taken lots off where the PO couldn't read `top' or `front'... :wink:

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surely you cant get the front wrong..you would not be able to get it over the studs :!:
When I used the copper one's on the 1100 it always had top, but then I changed to a differnt (acl) gasket and always found the shinney side was down..but if its mirrored..should not matter, you have it on the correct way up :wink:

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