Thanks to all for the encouragement. I'm inspired to give the head gasket repair a shot. It appears my van has AMC heads, not sure how old they are though. I don't have any coolant leaking from the water jacket, but I presume I should replace that and the head gasket at a minimum. I came across this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ETH8kYJv94 - shot last week. He is shooting one video each day he works on it - the last was spent fighting exhaust bolts. I'm pretty sure mine aren't that bad - or I hope not. Tom |
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