Re: Head Gasket Questions

Posted by tbirdman On 2009/4/25 1:20:19

If you're wooried aboutthe clamps damaging the paint, putting in back on with two guys is pretty simple and you won't need the clamps. Put you pieces of wood at both ends. Then you gently lay the head on the studs and lower it by removing one wood piece at a time. 3/4 inch thickness works well.

Some advice on painting the head. I ran into a problem where the paint cracked around the washers when I torqued down the bolts. I actually took the head off again, sanded down around the bolts holes and repainted it. If I had to do it again, I would put washers on the bolt holes to mask the area under the acorn nuts. Of course when I painted the head, it was much better than it came from Packard.