Abran I've always had good luck with victor gaskets. I've never used them to replace head gaskets on a rover though yet.

 

I've performed 31 hg jobs. Kinda get to know what I know because it becomes second nature. I'm not knocking VR or Elring, they wouldn't be in business if they had bad parts. I've just done enough of em to have a gut feeling. It was kind of odd that the FelPro's are more expensive but after seeing them I just knew somebody did their homework. I can't exactly say why other than the fire ring was proud of the gasket material and the matrix was way different, not like cement or barbecue grill cleaning brick and that makes perfect sense to me. The other three had different features that didn't make me all warm and fuzzy, like oh, oh. Man am I tired....... two long weeks of busting butt is killing me. I have a Ford BB 460 next on the job ticket, what a hobby I have......

 

You just wasted 5 minutes of my time with that vid... Thanks bud!

 

Thanks guys. I understand about the warm and fuzzy thing.

I have a screwdriver that I can't say works better than the rest, but makes me feel good.

 

Hey sorry I forgot to take pics of the head bolts. I'll try and remember tonight. You manly want to see the threads?

 

Sorry it took so long, if you need pics of all of them or a different angle LMK.



I was cleaning this bad boy off and found this...Something went through this engine....guess I better check the head.





Ahh, by the spark plug there, washer? Who knows Noobs!

I'll have to check the valves next. Not sure if they will be sealing after that.










I think I have things cleaned up pretty well. The last pic is where it was leaking (between the cyl and water jacket).

 

Nice...

 

Be sure to clean and soak the tappets in oil.

 

If they will come out I'll do that.

BTW does anyone know if I can drop the oil pan without removing any drivetrain parts? I looked last night and it looked kind of tight. I'd like to clean out the bottom of the pan because this engine looked like the previous owner never changed the oil.

 

yes; you can the question is can you get the four bolt off the front frame brace.
if you can it easy if not it becomes more difficult but still can be done