On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Anthony Whitlock wrote: > i just took the heads off my 81 westy. after i got them off, i noticed > there wasn't a gasket between the cylinderhead, and the cylinder > it'self. is it supossed to be like that? for some reason, i don't think > it should be. About 10 years ago I bought new heads for my '81. I realize now they were probably AMC heads (from Spain?). In any case, they came with no gasket for the space between cylinders and head, and explicit directions that no such gasket was necessary. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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