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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:56 PM
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I agree this is very good info to know <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> .... My 98's have the 806 casting
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Old Nov 23, 2002 | 11:46 AM
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Thanks for the info! Isn't there another head gasket for the 02 ls1's, a Multi Layered Steel (MLS)that was used during the later half of production.The gasket material that I see sticking out on my engine seems to be a conventional graphite gasket.

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Old Nov 23, 2002 | 07:56 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by CRASH 02:
<strong>Ohh and one more thing you guys might want to check into. That guy has a 99 30th T/A and it had the old style heads on it. Maybe they had the recessed style through mid year 99?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That was me. I also have 2 sets of 2000 heads. One set had them and one set didn't. So I think some were in the 2000 production year is were they changed.

And the heads leaked coolant without even starting it. Noticed it while filling it.

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Old Nov 24, 2002 | 12:05 AM
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Are the metal gaskets reusable?
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Old Nov 28, 2002 | 12:00 AM
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 05:21 PM
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Is it possible to buy just a driver's side GM metal gasket? If so, how do I go about doing that?
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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 03:25 PM
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Good info needs to be at the top!!!

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Old Mar 18, 2003 | 04:23 AM
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Good work guys, I wouldn't have noticed that notch on the heads and may have fitted the wrong gaskets. But thanks to you guys, I now know to watch for it.
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