gasket kits

Where to go for a full gasket kit for a rd28td. I dont want some cheap ebay junk that will fail. Also a timing belt kit.

Have you tried Nizzbits or Terrain Tamer

cant find anything online on those 2 sites threedogs :( might have to mail them. time for bed now. i will have to wait till tomorrow.

A spare parts shop? Sorry to sound rude, but that would be the obvious answer?

Don't waste your time in supercheats, it will be too dear, they won't have it in stock, will charge you to order it and will probably get the wrong one. Go to a spare parts shop that knows what they're doing and order the parts you need.

Look for. Reputable brand like ACL or Permaseal. There will be cheap options available but some won't seal properly or will be cut wrong.

Now, keep in mind, do you REALLY need a full gasket kit? If the motor is completely disassembled, yes, you do. If you're just lifting the head you can use a VRS kit, which is a lot cheaper and won't be full of bits you don't need.

We're often asked for a full gasket kit for a 253 or 351 only to find out they're changing an inlet manifold, or changing head gaskets so the majority of the motor is still intact.

If you're planning on pulling everything apart, make sure you put new bearings in, plus a new water pump.

i will be changing the timing belt also. i just figured it would be cheaper to buy a full gasket kit rather than just a kit for the bits on the front and head stuff.

your not being rude gqpork. was just curious are their better places than repco and auto one. They always need to order stuff and charge to get it in also.

A vrs (valve regrind set) will have more parts than required but it will have everything you need to reseal the head while still fitted to the engine. A timing belt kit should have everything you need from the belt to any gaskets/ o-rings you will disturb in doing the job.

As GQPorkroll has said what gaskets need replacing? Do you just want intake and exhaust gaskets or everything that is on the head etc?

i need to replace the head gasket. So i will need intake, exhaust etc.

A VRS kit contains everything from head gasket up (valve regrind set) so you'll have head gasket (which will need to be removed first as from memory there is a few different thicknesses) inlet and exhaust gaskets, tappet cover gasket, plus valve stem seals and probably a thermostat gasket and maybe a flange gasket. Your timing kit, if you buy a full kit, will include a waterpump, plus all gaskets, seals and tensioners required to do the job properly.

I can only speak for our store, Peps Auto Spares, but we don't charge freight unless it's a one off order. A VRS would come from our daily supplier and wouldn't have any extra freight added. All the Peps group order from one main supplier and all have the same freight deal, so I imagine they would all be the same. I know Supercheats charge $15 (at our local branch anyway) to order in any part, and won't refund freight it if it is wrong. I haven't heard of Repco or Auto One charging extra to order parts, but just recently a lady was looking for a VRS for a Laser and Repco was $300 dearer than us and Auto One was almost double, for exactly the same part, from the same supplier, at the same buy price.

You're in Sydney, there should be a Peps close to you, jump on our website and see who's closest and give them a ring and tell them Cessnock store referred you.

Be wary about using an aftermarket head gasket. I had problems and had to remove and replace the crappy gasket. It was a reputable brand too. They just aren't made like a genuine one and i will never use anything other than a genuine head gasket again! (There are exceptions to that).

No not all are up to genuine standards but typically speaking ACL and Permaseal are. We sell roughly $5000 of gaskets a month and have little to no comebacks (I can think of a set of VT head gaskets that allegedly didn't fit, but went straight onto a VT race block we had in the shed)

Some motors, particularly diesels, have up to 6 different thickness head gaskets and require removing and measuring first before the correct one can be supplied, which is why some shops will ask for a sample so they can accurately measure it first.

There's a motor I'm thinking of that has head gaskets from 10 thou thick up to 60 thou thick. No dates, vin numbers etc identify it, apart from measuring it.