From:Don Biter e-mail:tycoon73-A-cfl.rr.com
Subject:RE: head gasket substitute Date:Sat Oct 13 14:42:25 2012
Response to:17893

Rustolium silver paint works great for this. The factory recomended it for a replacement to raise compression. I used it on my 165 and it has lasted for 3 years.
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Pulled the head on my rebuilt 63 175 to check whether the rebuild had a proper shorter jug as it was changed to 165 flywheels...domed piston outer edge appears very close, within 1/16" of top of cylinder, so guess it is OK; anyway, there was no head gasket...is there a liquid substitute used, maybe to increase compression?