I need rebuild advice.

[farmall]

I anneal them too. If sheet copper doesn't look fucked up after it cools off and I wipe off any oxide, I don't have a limit on reuse.

I never mic'ed them since I don't run high compression ratios.

I've reused a set at least three times over the years. Some others a couple times. Never gave it much thought, and have done it on various Britbikes too.

I also copper-coated a used Fel-Pro "blue" Shovelhead fiber head gasket on a weekend to get a bud going. It worked perfectly for years until the engine was rebuilt for unrelated reasons.

[Guest]

Thanks farmall and GermanG. You two seem to always know your stuff.