You have to be careful not to mill the block and head too much otherwise
you will get a misalignment of the cooling channels.
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:46 AM, Wayne Schultz <waschu2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My friend Bob had a problem with his Early BN1. The engine was
> rebuilt 2K miles ago or so and after several trips at speed on the highway
> cylinders 2 and 3 lost compression. The picture explains what we found when
> we pulled the head. The head has a 4 thousandth warp between cylinders 2
> and 3 and a 2 thousandth warp between cylinders 1 and 2. The engine was
> rebuilt by the previous owner so we don't know what was done , but the head
> looks like it was milled before. Bob had planed on installing a aluminum
> head soon anyway so not a big deal. I thought people would like the
> picture. We are installing a Denis Welsh head with new hardware and their
> steel head gasket.
>
> Wayne
>
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