Date:         Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:20:52 -0800
Reply-To:     Jere Hawn <jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Jere Hawn <jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      head update (still bad) and a question and voting
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Hi,

 

For those that are following the saga, I got and oil ring (thanks Bob), and
I put it together!!!  As I was putting in the last exhaust bolt I saw a drip
on the pipes, yes, coolant from the exhaust port on the suspect cylinder.

 

I rolled up a piece of paper towel and stuck it in through the plug hole...
no coolant.  So I finished putting it back together, thinking that I had
just spilled some since the exhaust port is right below the thermostat
housing.  Fired her up and she ran like a dream.. Beautiful....  Then the
steam started. #$!%@\!%$%#

 

First I checked the cylinder with a piece of rolled up paper towel, no
coolant.  I pulled the exhaust pipe back off and got out all the lights and
mirrors I had.  And yes coolant coming out of the port.  I stuck my finger
in to feel how much coolant there was, barely any.  Then with the finger
inspection, no pooling by the valve???  Then I looked through the port and
what did I see, it appears to be a hole right above the valve seat but I
need to look further...  

 

 

Tomorrow I'll pull the head for the second time, this is getting expensive.

 

Question,  if it is a bad head should a person ask the seller of the
remanufactured head for reimbursement for parts destroyed/used?

 

Jere