Best head gasket supplier

[Tom2000]

Whats the best quality head gasket to get for a 1500 and where, I see copper and cork?

[Clive]

Payen. No question on that one. Paddocks def sell them, canleys may as well.

[Richard B]

Tom2000 wrote:

and cork?

Think thats the rocker cover gasket....


and copper should be for the early 1147cc not the 1500?  :-/    Willing to be proven wrong.  :B

[bodders1]

generally accepted opinion is a Payen gasket.  
That's what I fitted to my car after the previous non-payen one let go.
Survived the 2000 mile RBRR thrash without a problem.

[Velocita Rosso]

Payen..payen..payen

[CharlieB]

Payen, try your local motor factor. My local Unipart had them.

[bodders1]

Got a Payen head gasket for my spit1500 from Canley Classics.

Other traders also sell....  yadda yadda.

[esxefi]

but it would be great to see how long a cork hg would last though :P

[Nick Jones]

esxefi wrote:

but it would be great to see how long a cork hg would last though :P

I made a cornflake packet head gasket for a neighbours B & S lawnmower ..... was a desperation measure at the time (you wouldn't have guessed that would you  :P) but still working two seasons later.  Which goes to show, I thought it would be lucky to last 5 mins....  Not recommended on an engine with waterways, oil ways or anything resembling a compression ratio though  ;D

Nick

[Dicky Blighter]

Made one from lino (shows my age) for a Triumph Tiger Cub motorbike, smelt a bit to start with but was still going strong 5 years later when next owner tried to get the head off, took him a while ;D

[bob dunn]

we were so poor we didn,t know you could get new ones.

[greenbonnie]

i used to reguarly make caskets for thermostat housing out of corn flake boxes. also used baked bean tin to repair the exhaust. this lasted years like this.pete

[Nick Jones]

My Vitesse has cornflake packet gaskets on the water pump housing and thermostat housing right now.  Both have done the RBRR, 2 HCRs and the 10CR as well as a separate trip to Switzerland.  My conclusion - cornflake packet gaskets work! (Used in the right places!)

Back to the original question, I find I can still get payen head gaskets through my local motor factors - cheap too - last one was £ 9.00 for a 6 cyl one.

Nick

[jonnyk5614]

James Paddock
Payen
I firstly fitted a standard one - it blew immediatly!

[firebobby]

Nick_Jones wrote:

My Vitesse has cornflake packet gaskets on the water pump housing and thermostat housing right now.  Both have done the RBRR, 2 HCRs and the 10CR as well as a separate trip to Switzerland.  My conclusion - cornflake packet gaskets work! (Used in the right places!)

Back to the original question, I find I can still get payen head gaskets through my local motor factors - cheap too - last one was £ 9.00 for a 6 cyl one.

Nick

Would that be Kelloggs or will any brand do? ;)

[Nick Jones]

firebobby wrote:

Would that be Kelloggs or will any brand do? ;)

I'm not fussy.....

Nick