Hello fellow brick lovers. I'm doing my first head gasket job and actually having a good time, but I have some questions. Mainly I don't want to take my head into a machine shop and seem like a total fool who is easily taken advantage of.
I have a full Elring Head Gasket Set and I find it frustrating that I can't find an itemized list of its contents. Are there seals or o-rings in there that I need to put in the head myself, and should I do that before it goes to the shop? For instance the front and rear camshaft seals, should I take those with me to the machine shop and have them install them? Is it normal for the shop to provide all the necessary parts required as part of the job? I want to have them do a valve job too, do they usually provide any needed parts there as well?
Are there things I should check for/do in the block since I am this deep into the engine?
Thanks,
Ryan
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