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29 Head Gasket up/down which way #176528 06/25/10 04:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 49 MB, Canada stan2 OP Shade Tree Mechanic
OP stan2 Shade Tree Mechanic Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 49 MB, Canada	I have a full new gasket kit for a 194, Does anyone know which way it goes. The gasket is copper with a dimple, does the dimple go up toward the head or down towards the block?

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Re: 29 Head Gasket up/down which way stan2 #176610 06/26/10 06:57 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 734 Likes: 14 Elma NY Harrys31coach Oil Can Mechanic
Harrys31coach Oil Can Mechanic Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 734 Likes: 14 Elma NY	Hi stan2, This is my guess and may be wrong, but I think with a copper gasket, the raised dimple should go up. The rest of the gasket is flat, the block is flat. Setting the head onto the raised dimple concentrates those contact points at the head face. This, in my thought, would insure even sealing throughout the head. Good luck

Re: 29 Head Gasket up/down which way Harrys31coach #177251 07/05/10 01:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 49 MB, Canada stan2 OP Shade Tree Mechanic
OP stan2 Shade Tree Mechanic Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 49 MB, Canada	Thanks that is the way I looked at too.

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