Re: Sierra head gasket?

Seems a bit expensive to me. My guess would be about half that, but if it's not an engine they use in the French models or if they think your foreign (!) it costs more.

Follow the instructions in the Haynes manual (it's worth getting one). Try not to break the ends off the old bolts.

these are for genuine ford parts. I was onto Ford Uk and it would be £103 for the head-set and £20 for the head-gasket £123 in total but postage on top to be added.

Are you sure it's the head and not a core plug?

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Karl

Not much at the momment. Hope to get a job next month when its a bit cooler its 52°C in the sun here :-(

Fair enough then. I'd be interested to know what is in the head-set apart from the bolts. I was thinking about £3-£5 each for the bolts.

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my son then came in saying

this being the I4 engine, separating the cam chain etc in readiness to lift the head is not as simple as with the pinto. Get a workshop manual or haynes, and read it through a few times, to avoid tears and do NOT drop the chain down into the sump whilst your doing the job. You have to take off the sump if this happens, which on the Sierra means you have to lift the lump a fair way to get it off.

Tim..

I'd have expected a head set to have every gasket and seal (inc. valve stem) from the head gasket up - head gasket, inlet (inlet/head and carb/manifold), exhaust (manifold/head and manifold/downpipe), rocker cover (inc any seals on nuts/bolts) to list the main ones. I wouldn't expect bolts in the kit.

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