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6.0L Power Stroke Head Gasket Set, 18mm dowel

18mm cylinder-head dowels: all 6.0L engines built before 2006-01-16 (Ford catalog: 18mm gasket 'To 01/16/2006'; the -EB form applies 'From 09/30/03' - earlier engines used the 3C3Z-6051-CB form, same hardware) - MY2003 from the engine's mid-2003 ('2003.5') introduction, all MY2004-2005 (incl. E-Series 2004-2005; 'E350 vans' is in the catalog application), plus early-build MY2006 pickups and E-Series. MUST match the dowel size (wrong size = leak); verify by build date, measurement, or head casting number (18mm: 1843080C1/C2/C3). Ford PNs: bare gasket 3C3Z-6051-CB (Intl 1847028C96); Ford KIT (2 gaskets + standpipes + dowel pins + head bolts) 4C3Z-6051-EA / 4C3Z-6051-EB. The catalog description for -EB says 'Incl. Head Bolts' (kit content). CORRECTION 2026-09-08: break date refined from the vendor-cited 2006-01-11/12 to the catalog's 2006-01-16.