Just got a pair of rebuilt heads for my '81 2.0L from BusDepot, they
look good and came quick. However, one has a pair of cylinder shims and
a pair of head shims -- the other has just a pair of cylinder shims and
a note *NOT* to use head shims.
    I'm a bit confused. Don't have a Bentley for this engine, only a
Haines, but it talks about "sealing rings" on the heads. So is the head
shim in addition to the sealing rings from the gasket set? Seems like
that wouldn't give the greatest seal. OTOH, the earlier air-cooled
engines had no head gasket at all, and they did fine.

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