Head Gaskets

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I am wandering what anyone is using for head gaskets on a 340 with the block o-ringed. I purchased a 340 short block that was built in the late 90's, started but never ran much. Had W-2 heads on it that leaked, so a couple cylinders have stains in them. I am going to try to clean it up, check the clearances, and reassemble with new rings. Now I started working on it I see the block is O-Ringed, and wasn't told that when I got it. It was in pieces when it got dropped off. Will a 1008 Fel Pro work?
 
It needs to be filled with something. I'd find some regular electrical copper wire (soft) that fits in the grooves and extends a bit above the top of the grooves and make you own copper o-rings. Taper the rings ends with opposite slopes and overlap them at the ends.
 
The leaky W-2 heads got fixed...... now on a R-3 380 ci roller cam small block going in a street/strip Barracuda. The old O-Rings are still in the block.
 
The old O-Rings are still in the deck of the block. The W-2 heads got fixed...... and they are on a R-3 360 ci going in a street/strip Barracuda

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Has somebody been welding on the blocks deck?
Upper right of photo.
 
Cooper head gaskets with hoylmar.
 
That photo does not look like an o-ringed block.... or am I looking at that photo wrong?
It looks like it has been sleeved. Sorry if I am wrong.
Joe
 
Syleng1 said:
That photo does not look like an o-ringed block.... or am I looking at that photo wrong?
It looks like it has been sleeved. Sorry if I am wrong.
Joe
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Those are orings.

To do it correctly there should be a wire in the head and a groove in the block.
 
yellow rose said:
Those are orings.

To do it correctly there should be a wire in the head and a groove in the block.
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From my monitor and the grainy pics it looks sleeved. My apologies. I'm used to large grooves cut in like on diesels.
Joe
 
No sleeves, .030 bore and o-rings in the deck. The debris on the top right of the deck is just old gasket. I didn't get to disassemble, so I got a pile of parts. Don't know what kind of gaskets were used previously . Do have a X-Block here, that also has the deck o-ringed, and that had .080 thick copper head gaskets. Thanks for the replies.
 
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