Date:         Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:11:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>
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From:         Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Head repair
Comments: cc: Chuck Hill <hilltech@NETINS.NET>
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Chuck, if you have discovered a source of cast iron VW heads, you can
probably quit your day job and go into the cylinder head business.
There is no question that VW diesel cylinder heads are aluminum.  Oh,
how I wish they were not.

Mike Snow


Chuck Hill wrote:

>
> The head on a diesel is cast iron, not aluminum, as he suggests. If you
> ever actually pick one of these babies up, you'll definitely notice it.

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