waybad

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I used a a rubber nipple gasket remover on the end of a drill to remove the graphite head gasket material and then went over the block surface with a razor blade.. is this clean enough for the newer mls gaskets?

dr_whigham

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Thats a bit cleaner than even mine was. I used a razor and Croil. I've had not a single issue with mine so far.

Just be sure to get around the dowel pins well. I had one of mine stuck in the motor and one in the head...

wildcamaro

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Yep you're good to go man... Just curious but did you use white or yellow roloc disc?

waybad

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I used the green Roloc Bristle Disc pictured here

http://site.innovationestore.com/ima...id=61500132156

Thanks everyone for looking and helping,, my first ls motor

wildcamaro

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I would check that deck for straightness for the simple fact that green is normally reserved for steel only bc it's the coarsest one available, i used yellow (medium) and finished surface with white (finest)...just check to be sure you don't want to have to go back after everything is assembled due to a head gasket leak

waybad

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I went real easy with it, but!!!!,, I will check that for sure!!