slim_boy_fat
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it has come up quite good
That's one very smiley looking head.
it has come up quite good
- my thoughts too! You've a really happy head thereMy thoughts as well I thought someone might notice
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really nice restorative work. wondering if you could find another sump or repair that one....
looking forward to seeing more progress...its a nice project
Jp
I am glad I pulled the head off today there was a lot of carbon deposits in there and I had 1 stuck valve.
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The amount of crud that came out of the waterways was amazing, still got to blow out the engine block waterways yet, I will probably do that tomorrow as it make such a mess, I will add a vid on my shedOpps on youtube later to show how bad it is.View attachment 212529
Getting back to the head, I removed all the valves
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and I ran the head through the cabinet to clean any carbon deposits, it has come up quite good
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I also gave the manifold a bit of a blast off
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This afternoon I reassembled the valves back in the head I gave them a bit of a lap to make sure there seat are good
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these two parts are now ready for paint.