head gasket water ports not the same as head and block


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By george - 9 Years Ago
I was installing the heads on my 57 312 (Tbird ) and notice that the four outer water ports on the head and block don't have openings on the head gasket ..   Is this correct ???
By charliemccraney - 9 Years Ago
If there are none at all, then the gasket has been made incorrectly.  The gasket should look like this, from ford-y-block.com.  You can see that one is large, one is small and the others are totally blocked.

http://www.ford-y-block.com/newhdgsk.jpg
By george - 9 Years Ago
Thank you ,    They are the same 
By speedpro56 - 9 Years Ago
Make sure the square corner of the gasket is located front and top on each side of the engine.

By george - 9 Years Ago
Gary,    will do...     thanks again for your help ...      I pulled the engine yesterday to get the trans rebuilt...   It was rebuilt a few months ago and one of the graphite seals let go