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head gasket Question

Post by lorenzo26 » Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:22 pm

Is there a problem getting a head gasket for a T ,I hav one in back order and was told it will be by fall
is there a problem im not aware of ?? thank you Lorenzo

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by Mark Gregush » Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:42 pm

Where, when and who have you tried to order from? Langs, Snyders or Chaffins? I thought some of the dealers had at least some back in stock?
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by Allan » Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:02 pm

The copper ones were out of stock for a good while. I snagged 3 when they came back, but all had problems with the crimping around the two large orifices at the ends. Perhaps they are scarce again while that problem is addressed.

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by TWrenn » Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:43 pm

Chaffins still had some as of a week ago. Don't know about now of course. Call em!

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:27 pm

Try Olsons Gaskets.
https://www.olsonsgaskets.com/
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Re: head gasket Question

Post by TonyB » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:21 pm

On Monday. 26 July I called Snyders, Lang’s and Chaffins for a head gasket. All were out of stock. I call Olson who told me they were no longer stocking T gaskets as they could not make a profit on them compared to the price charged by other vendors. I believed I got the last one from Olson. Dave at Chaffins tells me the tooling is being revised to improve the appearance. Who knows when new stock will be available.
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Re: head gasket Question

Post by speedytinc » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:31 pm

Bob's had some stock a few weeks ago.

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by JBog » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:57 pm

Is ultra black not strong enough? Sorry, I haven't replaced a head gasket.

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Re: head gasket Question

Post by John.Zibell » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:09 pm

JBog wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:57 pm
Is ultra black not strong enough? Sorry, I haven't replaced a head gasket.
Ultra black is not used on head gaskets. Copper coat on some though.
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Re: head gasket Question

Post by Dan Hatch » Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:02 pm

Welcome back to the future.
This is like the good old days when the only parts we had were used ones.
“Spray that old gasket with copper coat and use it one more time” was what we were told when I started in this “hobby” years ago.
The only stuff we had was JC Whitney and go to Hershey once a year. Them was the days!!!! Dan

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