aneal?

[89blaster89]

im going to be taking my head off, so i will need to aneal the head gasket and im wondering when i aneal it, is there a certain side im suppost to put the heat on? the bottom or the top? what side do i drop the gasket on to the plate? the top or bottom

 

[Blaaster]

Even heat to cherry red and drop squarley onto plate.

Top or bottom no matter, as long as you get it to an even colour you should be fine.

But I would not mess with an old gasket, nothing is better than a new one.

 

[89blaster89]

Even heat to cherry red and drop squarley onto plate.

Top or bottom no matter, as long as you get it to an even colour you should be fine.

But I would not mess with an old gasket, nothing is better than a new one.

nothing is better than a new gasket, i agree but 20 dollars is a bit much for what i can reuse

 

[Blaaster]

I fully agree that $20 is a lot of money, but look at it this way, get it wrong and it can cost 20 times that in repairs.

I cannot say that I have never re-used a copper gasket, because in some situations one just has to use what is available.

I am reasonably experienced and can say that if you do not get the heating very, very close to uniform, when you cool it the copper can have varing states of anneal.

You can have one side soft an mallualble, and the other side a little harder, this will cause the tensions to react differently.

Copper is very forgiving and usually heats pretty uniformly, but the inexperienced can often get it wrong.

Take the advice of a silly old fart, us the $20 and play safe, if you cant afford one, I will offer to pay for it, because I like to see things done correctly.