cylinder heads

Post by **leroy99** » 03 Jan 2007, 21:58

the resto of my van is going smoothly. dropped the engine and planned to recon the heads, new rings etc.. took the heads off and all looked good, no cracks etc..then started to take the valves out and bugger! the valve guides on all four intake valves came out with the valves. looks like who ever 'fixed it before' installed small valve guides and tried peening them in. result 2 knacked heads(local machine shop couldnt even drill them and put in oversized guides),great!
has anyone else experienced this, is it common on the 2ltr Aircooled becouse im thinking of risking buying and old siezed engine and using the heads.

Post by **jason k** » 03 Jan 2007, 22:08

if your going to the expense of a rebuild why not get a set of recon or new heads from a remanufacturer? it makes sense in the long run.

Post by **leroy99** » 03 Jan 2007, 22:11

too much money,from what ive seen a recon 2ltr head is 170ish exchange basis so thats out because mine aint serviceable. seen a non runner engine on flea bay that im going to risk

Post by **HarryMann** » 03 Jan 2007, 22:35

170ish exchange basis so thats out because mine aint serviceable

You shouldn't assume they won't take it as an exchange though, they're quite used to deciding for themselves and also junking parts that don't turn out to be repairable. Box it and offer it up...