k-series head gasket/ dowels

r055 · Post by **r055** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:35 pm

do any of you have any useful websites in your favourites that has information on the replacement of the nylon dowels to steel?

Were they a like for like replacement with reagrds to dimensions etc..?

cheers
R

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:12 pm

Eh?

Take head off.

Throw away nylon dowels and head gasket

Fit steel dowels and new head gasket.

Reassemble.

Might have missed a bit of detail there but the principal is there. New dowels came with my Rover head gasket.

Rich

r055 · Post by **r055** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:22 pm

u have PM Rich

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:37 pm

Right back at-cha!

fd · Post by fd » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:51 pm

whatever you do . . . ensure that the dowels actually fit in the head before you muller them into the block (usually you have to drift them into the block - if so use something soft like a plastic mallet and usually they are a looser fit in the head - BUT NOT ALWAYS !) . . . else you may have severe block/head reassembly trauma . . . and that terrible feeling that you may just have ruined a perfectly good engine by being a c0ck . . .

Fd

r055 · Post by **r055** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:20 pm

lets hope that the perfectly good engine is not ruined then...

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:48 pm

No news I take it then

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:08 pm

ruined is such a harsh word, you can fix anything, somethings just need a little more thought

r055 · Post by **r055** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:44 pm

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:No news I take it then

nope...