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Old 10-09-2014, 10:33 PM   #32
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Re: Mike The Grad's Coolant Splat

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Originally Posted by mechanicalman View Post
Quoting myself here: " Make sure your heads are good and flat no more than .003" over a distance of 3" before you assemble it, and if they are not, get them milled or ground".

"If everything is straight, flat and not cracked, put it back together with a cheap set of new head bolts and fel-pro 1094 steel shim head gaskets as long as the pistons are at least .025" below deck".

"Oh crap is that a crack or two between the valve seats on the bottom picture"?

Quoting magwakeenercew2jh: "Uh-oh! You mean *this*? Followed by picture of cracked head.

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Hmmm, welcome to the intertubes, where very few may have read every post you may have made in a thread, which in this case I did not. Don't get too butt hurt by my not laboring over your every post. I won't be the only one.
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