Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 232 Location: Central New Jersey
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: Felpro head gasket
I just installed a felpro head gasket from Autozone. Forgot to get one from Debella when I placed an order. Needless to say, Peters parts were there the following day and the next day delivery from Autozone took a week. The gasket was in two parts, regular head gasket material on the head side and a separate steel piece on the block side. I have never used a gasket that was like this, it fit nice but I have a fluid bubble form after the second time I started her up. Has anyone used this type of head gasket?
Joined: Dec 20, 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Caledonia, NY, 1 hr from Canada
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject:
Get Castle CopperHead Part#1613 from NAPA. Your head gasket should work fine. The copper gasket compound will super seal to prevent water jacket leaks. I have used it on my GPW and on my big 6 cyl Halftrack engine, and they have a reputation about water jacket leaks, and it solved that problem. The copper stuff works a lot better than the old Permatex, make sure the holes are right, and torque to specs, run till warm for a while, let it cool, and retorque. Useing copper stuff, wear latex gloves too. _________________ Have fun with your jeep!
1942 GPW, 1951 M38, 1952 M38A1, 1953 M37, 1942 M3 HT
Caledonia, NY, about 1 hr from Canada
*1952 M38A1 Ser#18822 Dod 9/52 Ord Dept, Depot USMC *
And the size of this bubble was? and how many of these bubbles were there? Did this or these bubbles appear in the coolant in the radiator?
A head removal will result in several opportunities for trapped air in the coolant. This is almost unavoidable even if you do make the extra effort to bleed the coolant system This will produce occasional bubble for awhile. A leaking head gasket will generate a steady flow of bubbles. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Are all the head bolt or stud threads in the block sealed with permatex? If not the leak could be from a bolt instead of the head gasket. Since you disturbed these bolts or studs during the head removal and installation you must reseal the threads. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
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