Author Topic: How many rubber inserts go between the fins on a sandcast head?  (Read 726 times)

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Offline markb

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I want to finish up the work on my sandcast engine so I can put it in the frame.  Years ago I scrounged a bunch of the correct, early rubber inserts that go between the fins on the head and cylinders.  Later or replacements ones are black.  It will be the finishing touch on the engine.


I have good pictures showing the inserts in the cylinders but nothing showing the head.  The parts list shows 12 inserts on the head.  I have four sandcast heads and they all have only 8 total, 4 in front and 4 in back.  Here’s a pic of one of them showing the inserts in the front.


Here’s a pic of the back.  There is no indication whatsoever that there were any more than four on each side.  None of the dirt on the fins has been disturbed to indicate that there were any others.  All four heads are the same.  Can anyone confirm that there is only eight and that these are the correct locations?

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