Yep, those were the same details I didn't like. You also ought to install
hardend valve seats while you are at it. If you are oging to do that then you
might as well smooth out the intake/exhaust ports. Then when your call done
fixing a crack by cylinder 2, the same thing can happen on cylinder 3.
I just bought a non-crossover AL head instead.
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> These heads can be successfully welded as part of a complete rebuild if
> the shop has the right equipment. Welding cast iron requires heating up
> the work piece in an oven, welding, cooling down in an oven slowly to
> prevent heat induced stresses, finishing off the excess weldment, and
> then installing new valve seats, guides, etc. and surfacing.
>
> The head should be completely filled with coolant under normal
> circumstances, so if you are seeing steam it is because you are losing
> coolant through the crack or somewhere else. This is why they crack!
> Usually there is plenty of evidence of dried, crusty coolant around the
> cracks or under them and they are easy to spot.
>
> Find a good head if you can, but welding is also a viable option if done
> properly.
>
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Driven since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring)
>
> Assisting on Restoration:
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Parts cars:
> '68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
>
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