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• 1.6L diesel head conversion by mrmike on 05 Apr, 2008 18:44
• read below...and get with your teckies..please...
  
  I need pics. please of the gasket (s) overlayed onto  the block.
  
  1.6L hydraulic diesel head and gasket on top of the non-hydraulic block....
  
  and the: hydraulic head flipped upside down with the non-hydraulic (early) gasket
  
  overlayed on that...purdy please....
  
  
  So this "void"overlaps that water hole and goes to the outer edge of the block, so
  
  the water follows that......
  
  
  If we use the old style head gasket that "void" between the head and block is
  
  filled by the head gasket,  but additional water holes have to be punched  in the head gasket..??   .if there are more water passages......whaddya say?
  
  I appreciate your help...txs  very much.....mike 305-731-3185
  
  [email protected]
     :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
• #1 by RabbitJockey on 05 Apr, 2008 19:12
• i made a post a while back about how to do all the different combos, you can put the hydro head on the solid lifter block by using the solid lifter head gasket and then also block the extra oil drain hole on the front of the head.
• #2 by truckinwagen on 05 Apr, 2008 23:31
• the way I understand it is the same as Trev0rbr, the hydro head with the second return blocked and a solid lifter gasket.
• #3 by turbosuzi on 06 Apr, 2008 20:39
• I just did this conversion. I cleaned the 2nd (smaller) oil drain w/brake cleaner then filled w/JB putty (not the paste), use a pencil (eraser side) from top to compress putty and eliminate leakage,(you only need to fill about 3/4-1in,   trim excess on mating surface w/rasor  then install as normal.
  This is how I did it, it may or may not be the best but it sure beats taking it to a head shop and tapping, plugging, and grinding the hole.
• #4 by turbosuzi on 06 Apr, 2008 20:50
• I would like to see what a lifted rabbit looks like truckinwagen
• #5 by zukgod1 on 07 Apr, 2008 07:07
• Well crap, sorry mrmike I dont have pics of the gasket on the block but I just completed a solid lifter block/ hydro head conversion with a metal AAZ head gasket.
  There are some pics here http://dubnetworks.net/showthread.php?t=1748 of what I did to plug the holes and the extra holes I drilled in the head and block for cooling.
  
  I have seen some pics of the gaskets on the surfaces you mentioned posted here but I dont remember and didnt save where.