Driver's side Heat Shield ex. gasket question.

[Miranthis]

273 4bbl. Just removed the engine and there was no exhaust gasket on the pass. side, but the heat shield gasket was on the driver side. Can I reuse that? I don't see many repro ones, if any (see mention of NOS ones, rarely, when I do a search here). If they don't necessarily even need an ex. gasket, if i reuse the same one it should be good. if i do get a leak i suppose I can use a little sealant on the two sides of the thin metal... What have you guys done?

 

[69FBCuda]

Photo of condition would help.

 

[Cuda Al]

Only 65 had a shield (smaller) on the right, there were a couple different ones used on the 273/318

What year are you working on?


Alan

 

[cudamark]

I like using the shields on both sides, and if yours are still in good shape, you can reuse them. Some gasket sets come with some generic ones, but, they're too short for the driver's side. That's the tough one to find. Just about any of them fit the passenger side.

 

[Miranthis]

Now that I have the engine and 4 spd out I will have it to my garage tomorrow. I plan to do pics of the teardown to see why its not turning after 30 years of storage and then every attempt to unseize it I could think of or get recommended. I will link the pics here as well.