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51504bat · 07-19-2018, 01:36 PM

This was in a box of flathead parts I got a while ago. It looks like a head gasket for an 8ba but its metal and approximately a tenth of an inch thick. I've never seen anything like it and there was only this one in the box. Used instead of actual head gasket when checking head clearances? Or? Thanks for any info.

19Fordy · 07-19-2018, 04:18 PM

Might be an old steel gasket made by Fitzgerald. Another company made them also but can't remember name.

Fordestes · 07-20-2018, 03:54 AM

Maybe a head shim, used for saving over machined blocks or head.

51504bat · 07-20-2018, 05:10 PM

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07-19-2018, 04:18 PM	#2
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,933	Re: Head Gasket ??? Might be an old steel gasket made by Fitzgerald. Another company made them also but can't remember name.

07-20-2018, 03:54 AM	#3
Fordestes Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 886	Re: Head Gasket ??? Maybe a head shim, used for saving over machined blocks or head.

07-20-2018, 05:10 PM	#4
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,015	Re: Head Gasket ??? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Whatever it is its a wall hanger now. Thanks. __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.