You know, all this recent chatter about head gaskets has me wondering...
Would it be insane to consider doing a head gasket job BEFORE they get
pitted and leaking as a sick form of preventative maintenance?

I'm confident that mine are in good shape (about 45,000 miles since new),
but I want to ensure a long and happy life (unless I win the lottery; then I
can put in the same set up that Michael Sullivan is working on)  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Joe L.
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: head gaskets

     If yours is anything like mine was you are going to have to sand anyway
if you use the JB Weld for the pitts. Just use a fairly large GOOD hard and
flat sanding block and you will be ok.
    If God is smiling on you and you have no pitts the gunk from the old
gasket can be easily removed with Carb Cleaner and a wire brush.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: head gaskets

hey all,
when sealing head gaskets. is it okay to take fine sand paper to the sealing
surface to remove the adhesive from the last gaskets and smooth the surface.
or is there a better way to remove that gum and gasket remainders? my
concern is that i don't want to uneven the sealing surface any and result in
another leak down the road (no pun intended). am i paranoid or what?
thanks
jason
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