I've reused a head gasket on cheap lawnmowers. My friend in college bought a new ford Pinto. 4 cylinder aluminum overhead valves if I recall. Ford replaced the head gasket 2x. My friend replaced it the third time. He bought a new gasket and used Silicone form-a-gasket. I had never heard or seen silicone form-a gasket. Not sure when it came out. He applied a very thin coat of silicone on both sides of the head gasket. We drank a beer while the silicone cured. Hard to believe, the head gasket never leaked again. I've never used silicone on a head gasket. Thought I would share.
About 10 years ago I had to remove the lift cover on my Jubilee many times. Instead of buying a new gasket each time when I pulled the cover off, I coated the gasket with RTV silicone. NO LEAKS.
So yes I have reused a gasket, not a head gasket.
I may try RTV silicone on a used gasket on a flat head.
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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