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Arrrghhhh!! now what am I gonna do?
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I went to buy a head saver shim for the temporary A14 I'm giving a birthday to untill I can afford new pistons for my blown A15.
And I'm told that they don't make them anymore! They rang the two places that supply them, and they are NLA. I even rang every parts place in town to see if anyone still had one in stock. None did.

WTF am I gonna do now? It'll cost HEAPS to get one made.

Posted on: 2008/12/16 6:47
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2 or 3 head gaskets
thats a tricky one, cant import one?

Posted on: 2008/12/16 7:00
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what about bpro i think they make thick nismo gaskets and even thicker other brand ones

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I doubt itd be heaps to get one made....
Laser cutting isn't the most expensive thing out

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Ive read in mags of ppl using double head gaskets, no idea how long term reliable tho.

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Two head gaskets=fail.

I can get a thicker gasket made, but that's waaaay more expensive than my beloved cheap off the shelf shims. It wouldn't be like MEGA expensive, but I'm not known for being a big spender. lol
Thats money that i'd rather put towards new pistons.

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How thick we talking? cos I just bought some A14\15 head gaskets from the states and they're thicker looking than this monotorque kind I have

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ACL in Brisbane is where they make the head gaskets. Back in the days of stone wheels I had some shims made up. It wasn't that expensive because they had the patern so it was a simple matter of stamping it out. If ACL still carry the A series paterns, I can't see why getting a shim should be so hard. I'd give them a shot, can't hurt!

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