AVP in Sacramento, CA rebuilds heads to eliminate the seat- dropping problem. Vanagon air cooled heads are about $180, and waterboxer heads are about $220. Their webpage with details and prices is at http://www.sacbiz.com/avp/ I have toured their shop and am impressed that they know what they're doing and do a good job for a great price. I saw how they grind out corrosion damage on wasserboxer heads, then weld and machine them back to spec. I bought a 2.0L aircooled long block from them, and it's been great. Only problem was a moderate oil leak from a bad weld over an oil galley plug, but AVP paid me labor time to fix it under warranty, and there's been no problem since. Nick Mendocino, California '82 Westy, '88 &'89 Jettas On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM> wrote: >On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Curtis Gatlin wrote: >> Which should I buy? Should I buy new German heads or rebuilt after market? >> Who sells new german heads for under $400 bucks a pop. >> >> Curtis >What kind of engine do you have? If an air-cooled, then in my opinion you should buy rebuilt heads that have had the valve-seat dropping problem eliminated, meaning Mark Stephens in California. I dunno if anyone else does that. I sent my heads to Mark Stephens... it cost a small fortune (maybe $450 total for both heads?) but I don't worry about dropping a valve seat at some random juncture. >If it's a waterboxer, then I'm clueless. > Gary |
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