New take off heads are dead cheap from Mini Mania, last time I surfed that
way. Why not start fresh?
Brian
At 09:07 PM 01/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi list. I got the head to my 73 Midget back from the machine shop
>today...this is the one that has sat outside for the last ten years or
>so. It came out clean, but they found a crack in the head. The crack
>is between the intake and exhaust valve seats in one of the cylinders
>(either #2 or #3, I forget). Also, five of the eight valve seats need
>refacing (pitted a good bit).
>So should I forget this head and use the engine from my 72? The machine
>shop says they can pressure-test the head to see if the crack will
>remain or grow, so I guess I could do that.
>Any suggestions or do I just toss the head.
>Thanks,
>Tyson
>http://www.tecinfo.com/~tsherman
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