The "Poor Man's" fix is to fill the pitts with "J.B. Weld". There have been many reports of this working just fine for thousands of miles and I have yet to see a report of this failing. I have done it myself with no problems. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Ken Nelson Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 3:23 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Cylinder head question
Just pulled the heads off my Vanagon. I found out the reason the head gasket blew is because of pitting on the heads. Now my question is since the valves, valve springs and the rest of the cylinder head check out OK should I just get the mating surfaces welded an machined? Has anybody ever done this before? And what results did they have? I’ve gone this route before with other cars, trucks, and motorcycles with good results (and cheaper then new heads). I was just wondering if there was any reason it wouldn’t work in this application. TIA Ken Nelson
[text/html]
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.