6 cyl Gaskets (head)

[Nick Challacombe]

As Kevin chose not to post my helpful note,( Typical)
Here it is again,

There is a 6 cyl gasket New on British ebay at the moment £179.00 I think.

Nick,

Small Member

[GREG]

I've seen V8 engines go for less ! Crazy price for a gasket set.

Maybe one of the clubs should ask a gasket company for a price on a batch.

[Nick Challacombe]

Well Large Member,

When I saw the price that Eric was mentioning I thought I would post it,
but perhaps there was a little exaggeration in his posting.

Small member (nicked) my life!

[Eric Brumenil]

Originally Posted by Nick Challacombe

When I saw the price that Eric was mentioning....
but perhaps there was a little exaggeration in his postiing

Yes of course .... funny to read that all my post are suspected to be fake
I paid @ BCL £166.85 VAT incl ... note this price was for faulty cylinder head gasket if you remember

[GREG]

Originally Posted by Eric Brumenil

Yes of course .... funny to read that all my post are suspected to be fake
I paid @ BCL £166.85 VAT incl ... note this price was for faulty cylinder head gasket if you remember

If I remember right - the gasket wasn't faulty. It just needed adapting for your engine by drilling another hole. ? They had not informed you about that.

Is that correct ?

It seems that the price BCL charged was competitive but should have had more instructions if an amateur was fitting it. It seems they made the mistake of assuming a professional mechanic would be fitting the gasket and would notice that it needed a slight modification.

Always wrong to assume.

I don't mind tackling most mechanical jobs, but things like head gaskets I leave to the professionals. Mainly because it's such a ball ache to strip down and do again if it goes wrong ! I have done loads on motorcycles because they are easy to get to and deal with.

Got to know your limits.

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by GREG

If I remember right - the gasket wasn't faulty. It just needed adapting for your engine by drilling another hole. ?

Faulty? Inferior? Incorrect? - just semantics.

The fact is it needed adapting for Bristol engines. Which might be acceptible if it came from Halfords, but it didn't, it apparently came from Bristol, who say on their web site;

"We crave instead integrity of purpose and an unmatched level of engineering perfection."

[Eric Brumenil]

Greg
Why should I agree to buy a faulty cylinder head gasket ?
I ordered and paid it to a company that claim to have 65 years of experience !
Of course I have NOT been informed about the problem
and more serious , they didn't know about this problem .
As previously written , dozens of cars have this gasket installed and I am the only one to complaint ( as always )
In case I had been informed , I would NEVER accept to buy a faulty goods or a goods that needs to be punched for the simple reason that when you touch it , for sure the supplier will make you immediately responsible of the problem and the loss of warranty .

I have never asked for faulty goods or cheap goods when .

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by Nick Challacombe

As Kevin chose not to post my helpful note,( Typical)

What are you talking about? The system is AUTOMATED, nothing is moderated or viewed by me or anyone else before it goes on line, as evidenced by your last barbed post.

The reason your "helpful note" didn't show up was because you tried to post it into a discussion thread that had been closed.

You then received an AUTOMATED message letting you know this and the only reason that I knew about it was because of your stroppy reply to the AUTOMATED message, which came to the webmaster.

I don't mind helping out new members of the site who have difficulty posting, but I have better things to do with my time than hand hold people who have been using the site for years but can't be bothered to understand how it works.

[Claude]

Kevin,

Just a quick note to thank you for the thankless task of running a forum and occasionally trying to herd cats.

Claude

[jasa]

I'd just like to second that if I may

Jasa