I've got two cylinder heads sitting in my garage. I know Head A is a mess, owing to a broken timing belt -- bent valves, broken rocker arm, the usual chaos.
This is not as total a disaster as it could be, because I've got a spare engine already sitting on a stand, ready to donate its recently rebuilt head. This donor head (Head B) is in perfect shape.
Or so I thought until I pulled it off. Upon removal, I discovered that the head bolts had been installed without washers, causing the bolt heads to dig into the top of the head, like this:
For comparison, here's Head A, the one with smashed pieces but a good surface on top:
I'm just going to sit for a while and consider my options, though I suspect that I don't want to just use Head B as it is, without addressing the gouges in the top. Or can I? My other option would be to transfer all the valves, rockers, etc. from Head B to Head A, but that's a job I would probably ending up spending a lot of money to have someone else do. And I was thinking I was going to get out of this cheap. :( Other options?
Is there a consensus on this?
This is not as total a disaster as it could be, because I've got a spare engine already sitting on a stand, ready to donate its recently rebuilt head. This donor head (Head B) is in perfect shape.
Or so I thought until I pulled it off. Upon removal, I discovered that the head bolts had been installed without washers, causing the bolt heads to dig into the top of the head, like this:
For comparison, here's Head A, the one with smashed pieces but a good surface on top:
I'm just going to sit for a while and consider my options, though I suspect that I don't want to just use Head B as it is, without addressing the gouges in the top. Or can I? My other option would be to transfer all the valves, rockers, etc. from Head B to Head A, but that's a job I would probably ending up spending a lot of money to have someone else do. And I was thinking I was going to get out of this cheap. :( Other options?
Is there a consensus on this?
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