Crackerjack said: (quoted from post at 09:45:50 02/28/15) Long time lurker and first time poster,
I've been reading some recent posts about gaskets (various kinds, mainly head gaskets) and i'm just wondering what most guru's on here gravitate towards ?
Brand ?
Material ?
Country of Origin ?
Price ?
Availability ?
I just thought I would stretch my feelers out and see what people think of their gasket preferences.
Generally you can't go wrong with gaskets from the dealer as long as they are selling you genuine CNH,Deere,Agco,etc... gaskets and not aftermarket gaskets. Between Fel Pro and Victor/Reinz gaskets. I prefer Victor gaskets. This is coming not only from building tractors but also from the many years before when I built drag cars and big off road 4x4's. Fel Pro is still a decent gasket but they have gotten cheaper over the past 10 years or so. For example if you look at a Fel Pro head gasket for a small block Ford and then look at a Victor gasket for a small block Ford, you will see that the Victor is a better made gasket although it does cost more. Victor is also a huge OEM supplier for gaskets. I recently bought a NOS Massey Ferguson head gasket for a Z120 Continental engine and it was made by Victor. I'm building a wrecked 2012 Chevy traverse for somebody and the manifold gaskets on it are stamped VR. Sometimes I also look around for NOS McCord gaskets. Those were very good if you can find them. For tractors, main thing is stay away from Tisco gaskets unless you have no other choice.
This post was edited by Jason S. at 06:27:48 02/28/15.
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