Morris Minor Owners Club

IT'S NOT A 7/16" THREAD !!!!!!!!!!!!! And NOT UNC either !!! It's a 1/4 " UNF thread...........

bmcecosse wrote:Oh - so you were already -re-using the head gasket ? No matter - I have re-used gaskets many a time when I was a poor student (as opposed to current status of poor pensioner!). Seriously - get stuff like this locally - no need to pay fancy ESM price and postage!!

ESM do a full 1098 engine gasket set for less than the cost of a head set at my local factors.. Even with postage it's cheaper!

Which reminds me, I must do my head gasket, after re-using a cheapy one repeatedly when trying to get my engine to stop smoking...

If it's not broken - don't fix it! I re-used head gaskets many a time when I was a 'poor student' - in fact - I used to scrounge used ones from an older mate who was rallying a Cooper S. I worked on his car - he gave me any parts such as gaskets/valves/plugs etc etc he was throwing away!