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Making Cylinder Head Gaskets

By Max F. Homfeld

RR 2, Box 697, St. Michaels, Maryland 21663

One of the problems besetting the restorer of antique engines is that of finding a cylinder head gasket. A cylinder head gasket is a critical part, as it must seal high pressure gas at the combustion chamber as well as cooling water at a number of cooling water passages. Production gaskets have grommets around the combustion chamber and the water passages to prevent blow-out as well as seepage through the gasket material. Grommets aren't easily made in a home shop.

I have found one material that works well without grommets. This is a Fel-Pro material made of asbestos and graphite with a core of stainless steel. The stainless steel is 0.010" thick and has a great many projections punched in each direction. These projections are pressed into the asbestos facings, locking together the three layers. However, i...

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