12-01-2012, 08:52 PM
On the upside, you now know that the bore hasn't been damaged by any stray porcelain, and being an old English car you'll need that gasket sooner or later, probably for an unleaded fuel conversion job I would have thought.
Regards
Rick
Regards
Rick
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