Wasp Head Gasket Thickness

Thanks Phil that was the ticket / she turns over with pretty good comp. now I just need to make a or seal the tank gasket and try and run down a NV for it .. Eric

Jokes on me, I really thought you were talking about a completely different engine!  Glad it worked out easy.

That tank gasket looks easy at least. No funky shapes at all on it.

Phil

pkrankow wrote:In my AP wasp .061 the gasket is aluminum.  I pulled it out and put copper Cox gaskets in.  

Phil

Phil's advice is absolutely imperative.  The OEM Wasp gasket is hard, rough and ill fitting --- probably punched (or cut with scissors) out of a recycled Coors can.  Besides an thorough cleaning, gasket replacement should be first on your list of mods.

EDIT: Whoops, not an AP Wasp, but Phil's recommendation still holds if you do have an AP.

The original Atwood/Holland Wasp head gasket was a fiber type, like an automotive carb. gray gasket material. I never thought about using a copper head gasket from a Cox, but if it works, heck yea!

Sorry , Atwood wasp I was cleaning a few engines and did nt take the time to look it up  It,s a shame someone took a pear of pliers to the jug, but that just gives me a reason to want to run it . Cleaned up good !! Guess this will be my first engine to try and replace the NVA with possibly a cox ? It sucks that most these old engines needles have been either broken off or lost over the years the baby spitfire I cleaned and got the plugs for well my S.AS... didn't even realize the damn needle was missing on it / I was looking for it after cleaning and finally went to the pics. I took before and there was NO NV !!!!  O Well  Eric

A Testors/ Wen-Mac needle will work, you can also stick the head in a drill and turn it with a file, using a glow plug stem in drill chuck.