Head Gasket

[Pete]

Towards the end of a galvy frame swap on my truck. (I know...where are the pictures.)
Long story short, I put a new composite head gasket on the truck. Assembled the engine and torqued to specs. Pulled the head off the truck yesterday. (The truck has not run since assembly.) Can I use the headgasket or should I wait and order a new one?

[mongoswede]

Towards the end of a galvy frame swap on my truck. (I know...where are the pictures.)
Long story short, I put a new composite head gasket on the truck. Assembled the engine and torqued to specs. Pulled the head off the truck yesterday. (The truck has not run since assembly.) Can I use the headgasket or should I wait and order a new one?

if it looks ok it should be good. I've reused Saab headgaskets on projects before and had no issues.

[rejeep]

i dont have a good answer.. but 2 things I have learned..
gaskets compress when torqued.. so they do change from new?
would you want to do it again b/c you were in a rush or lazy?