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Re: Head aches (archive)
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Posted by Jonathan T. on June 11, 2001 at 21:28:50:

In Reply to: Head aches posted by Zimedop on June 10, 2001 at 23:39:32:

You didn't by chance do a compression test before you pulled the head? It would be nice to have a good feel for the quality of the rings before making decisions. Were you burning oil? If so when; on acceleration or deceleration? Blue smoke on accel indicates ring/piston wear, on decell indicates typical valve guide wear. If you want a stock rebuild on a budget Alumatech.com is hard to beat. They don't change everything but they claim to put everything back in spec for ~$350 w/ core. As for the carbon on the pistons just clean it carefully and get back on the road.

Enjoy,

Jonathan T.

Got the head off my 71 after I stripped the #4 plug hole. I bought the car in Calif, so it's rust free, but I knew I'd have to rebuild the head and probably do rings. I was hoping to make it through the summer but now, I am into it unexpectedly.
Question is, when I pulled the head, all of the piston tops and pretty carboned up. The valves as well, especially #2's, interestingly, the #3& 4 exhaust valves are very clean...anyway it doesn't look anything like the Haynes manual....Diagnosis??? Thoughts??? HELP! I want to try to do as much of the work as I can myself to save $$$ TIA




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