To: Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL 85 Westy Weekender RE: I have a number of these posts collected into a couple of files if anyone wants them. *Could you please send "gathered files" either to site or to me directly at word_aag@comcast.net as I need this procedure done on my 1985 Vanagon. Thanks for your help Larry Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:15 AM Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of JB Weld
> IMHO, the JB Weld serves very little purpose when doing the "cheap fix". > I've done several of these cheap fixes for folks & friends who were hurting > for funds and I have never bothered with the JB Weld part. Instead, I made > sure that all the pits were clean and then filled them completely with the > head gasket sealer. As with the JB Weld fixes talked about on this list, > these fixes have lasted for quite some time. As a matter of fact, I can't > think of one that has failed. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > www.vanagonparts.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Sam Walters > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:28 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of > JB Weld > > > If you search the archives for JB Weld in posts by Tim Smith and Doug > Houg, you will find detailed descriptions of how to fix pitted heads > with JB Weld and reports of people having WBX engines that are still > going strong after as much as 8 years, and / or 30k, 50k and 60k miles > since the application of the product. > > I have a number of these posts collected into a couple of files if > anyone wants them. I think people should read this information and > understand what some others have accomplished and recorded in the > archives before dismissively calling it a "half assed" repair. A new > set of Boston Bob heads might be better, but a repair that will work as > well as what these guys have reported is also a worthwhile alternative. > Some heads might be beyond repair by this method, or any method. > > -- > Sam Walters > Baltimore, MD > > 89 Syncro GL > 85 Westy Weekender > > All incoming and outgoing email scanned by > automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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