Good morning all,
So I bought a CM400T with the engine partly dismantled - a young fellow had picked it up but couldn't afford to put it back together to get it out on the road, so I got a great deal. The first thing I noticed on bringing it home and taking the rest of the cylinder off, was that there was no proper head gasket - the previous owner had used gasket maker ONLY and it must have leaked like a sieve!
I picked up a gasket set on Ebay and cleaned all of the gasket maker material off with a razor blade and some very fine emery cloth. It's looking much better now, however I noticed a couple of things that I thought I'd better bring up.
Firstly, there are a couple of smaller holes in the cylinder that might accommodate dowel pins (as in the red circle region), but there don't seem to be any. Is this normal?
Also, the gasket set I picked up doesn't seem to fit well along the groove on the right hand side (also in red circle). Would this be a huge concern or could I just trim this gasket to better fit?
Hoffman
So I bought a CM400T with the engine partly dismantled - a young fellow had picked it up but couldn't afford to put it back together to get it out on the road, so I got a great deal. The first thing I noticed on bringing it home and taking the rest of the cylinder off, was that there was no proper head gasket - the previous owner had used gasket maker ONLY and it must have leaked like a sieve!
I picked up a gasket set on Ebay and cleaned all of the gasket maker material off with a razor blade and some very fine emery cloth. It's looking much better now, however I noticed a couple of things that I thought I'd better bring up.

Firstly, there are a couple of smaller holes in the cylinder that might accommodate dowel pins (as in the red circle region), but there don't seem to be any. Is this normal?
Also, the gasket set I picked up doesn't seem to fit well along the groove on the right hand side (also in red circle). Would this be a huge concern or could I just trim this gasket to better fit?
Hoffman
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