Is it a good/bad idea to make your own exhaust gasket using sheet copper
available from hardware store? Has anyone tried this? I will soon begin
to dismantle my 84's engine and replace the tranny at the same time.
The engine will receive a set of new Cofap and a pair of used heads.
I can anticipate need of a set of new exhaust gaskets. The gaskets seem
to crap out quickly and not cheap. I am seeking an alternative.

David

--- Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>  Metal won't get stuck to what it's clamped against, but composite may.
> Which part is easier to remove and scrape a baked-on gasket off of?  I'd put
> metal towards the head, for that reason alone............
>
> Mike B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
>
>
> > Thanks, all, as usual. Metal to the head it will be.
> > Jim
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Jake de Villiers <
> > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've always put the metal side to the source of the heat whatever the
> >> make
> >> of engine but I remember a post not too long ago that espoused the
> >> opposite.
> >>
> >> In 35 years of hot rodding etc I've never had a problem when putting the
> >> metal side to the exhaust port.   :)
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > My first question is why does a Vanagon full gasket set come with only
> >> > two
> >> > head-to-pipe gaskets when it requires four?
> >> > My real question is which side goes toward the head, the composite side
> >> > or
> >> > the metal side?
> >> >
> >> > Obviously I'm talking about the kind that's thin steel bonded or
> >> > crimped
> >> > to
> >> > a composite material.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Jim
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jake
> >> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >> Crescent Beach, BC
> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>

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