Well, the prayers worked and I have at least stepped into the Hallowed Halls of Vanhood; ready to begin my initiation. The heads are off Hans and they are NOT PITTED!!!!! Yippee!....Yahoo! However, they have "AMC" cast into the side. Is this a common practice of VW dealers? PO was very emphatic that these were NEW VW heads and showed me the paperwork from the trusted dealer....nearly $2K. Is this Normal? Everything but the gaskets look good; but I am going to drop them off at a trusted machinist's to check them out. One more question to the List... Do our valves have guide seals? I know the older Beetles engines didn't. How about the Waterboxers? I will read up on this tomorrow (Bentley and Haynes). Just thought I might cut to the chase and ask the List experts. TIA. Did I make it apparent how pleased I am that the heads aren't pitted? -- Stephen Steele* Chillicothe OH Chillicothe OH '91 Caravelle "Hans" '87 Westy "Franz" '84 Westfalia "Fritz" now sold to my nephew '81 Diesel Rabbit "Ol' Yeller" by PO '82 Diesel Jetta "Donormobile" for... '82 Caddy VW P.U. ( White with a nice "mossy" tone from the years' of sitting waiting to be discovered by a VW addict like me). '90 Jetta GL 16 yo Sons' "together" car '74 MGB My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74 '93 Chevy S-10 I hate it ... soon to be "Gone" *all rights reserved/no portion of this document may be reproduced w/o prior written permission |
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