Gasket sets

[Hans]

Is there just one head/block gasket set  for all carbed M10s?

 

I understand head gasket options exist, and I assume all 02 era blocks are the same.

[Arizona02]

Never saw a complete set when shopping for one last year.

[TobyB]

Yeah, there's a block set and a head set- likewise, I've only seen them separate.

 

I think a lot of the tii- specific sets have disappeared.  As have several of the more trusted makes...

 

As far as years, I THINK all the 2002 sets are the same now- but I haven't ordered them to confirm/deny that...

 

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[Preyupy]

I believe there are sill different sets for the Tii and carb versions for the head sets.  They no longer have different headgaskets,  the original Tii used a cutter ring style gasket.  The difference in the kits is the gaskets for the intake runners on the Tii. 

[Hans]

tii may be different from carb, and yes, head set is separate from block set, but on Pelican parts there was a reference to before/after a serial number, even thought PN was the same. I believe the 121 head set is different from later heads, 

[Preyupy]

The difference between early and late is the carburetor base gasket,  Early was a single bbl carb and later was 2bbl.  The intake and exhaust ports on the 121, E12, E21, and 1.8 heads are all the same.  All late 1.8 liter and 2 liter engines use the same bore so the headgaskets are the same.  The E30 1.8 might have a different gasket between the exhaust manifold and down pipe (I have not worked on a 4 cyl M10 E30 in many years so I'm not sure on that one).  There used to be a difference between the early and late Tii gasket sets because of the early cars running the plastic intake runners that used O rings instead of the later cars running the aluminum runners with gaskets.