some weird looking scrap metal

[cameraman]

I found this in a local park but, what is it?

 

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[FL Junkman]

Looks like an automotive valve or block gasket. What size is it?

 

[mike in pa]

yes I agree with junkman good call junkman

 

[EDDE]

Looks like an automotive valve or block gasket. What size is it?

 

[Farmercal]

Yeah, it's a head gasket. It goes between the head and the block of an engine.

 

[stefen]

Yeah, it's a head gasket. It goes between the head and the block of an engine.

Hence, the name

 

[cameraman]

k thanx for IDing it guys i would have never guessed that.

 

[flyinguy]

i agree cameraman. probably copper head gasket. see, i told you to send those junk photos!

 

[Urban Prospector]

Looks like a left handed smoke shifter to me.

 

[bbqbull]

It looks like a head gasket to me as well.

 

[mike in pa]

 

[Lt1stone]

It's a head gasket.

 

[bradyboy]

agree with the head gasket thought -
BUT
I'm confused about the clear configuration of the clear cut out on the absolute right hand side
looks like its die cut for 4 - intake / out take valves
Not for the cylinder
I would be curious see the response to this
I wouldn't pass this as solved just yet

 

[cameraman]

http://projectzerog.com/images/6-bolt-4g64-block-with-4G63.jpg this is a picture of some block gaskets id say thats basicly the same thing as what i found.

 

[Ferrous]

agree with the head gasket thought -
BUT
I'm confused about the clear configuration of the clear cut out on the absolute right hand side
looks like its die cut for 4 - intake / out take valves
Not for the cylinder
I would be curious see the response to this
I wouldn't pass this as solved just yet

You are indeed correct about the valve arrangement. The gasket pictured is from a flathead engine. The valves located in the block. In later model engines the valves are positioned in the cylinder head and are actuated via the push rods and rocker arms. An exception would be the overhead cam engines. That gasket is is probably no later than the mid 50s. Compare an old Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine to a later Honda engine and you can see the dif. Flathead verses overhead valve.

 

[flyinguy]

holy crap! i'm an old motor head but i don't know nothin' i guess. you guys are too smart!

 

[Evolx10]

Its the gasket to the left hand module of the "Formation Spreader Applicator" used in the formation of spreading applications.
seriously I believe its a gasket to something. I'd put it in the scrap bin and look for sum coins.

 

[Ferrous]

Hope this helps.

 

[bradyboy]

simple 4-cylinder 8v SOHC Carb Gasoline Motor

 

[Ferrous]

4cyl flathead