Head or cylinder shims?

Classic-Manx-71 · Post by **Classic-Manx-71** » Sun May 28, 2006 12:37 am

[FONT=Verdana]I'm starting to reassemble my 1835 cc engine which had a set of cylinder-to-case shims installed before. They seemed to work fine before but were a little messy to install using RTV sealant. I have a new set of them but also have a set of copper head-to-cylinder shims of the same thickness. Which are the best to use? Do the copper shims seal better? Any personal experience out there? Thanks.[/FONT]

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:35 am

If you can get the proper thickness to replace the cylinder base shims, copper head gaskets are the way to go they also help seal the head to the cylinder.