Your best bet is to find a good used one, but, if worst comes to worst,
they can be fixed. The best place I know is here in Pittsburgh.
http://www.cylinderheads.com/ He fixed cracked heads for me before and
they worked fine. He can also straighten warped ones!! Good guy to deal
with and he'll email replies about your head.
Good Luck,
Dave & Bobbie Carpenter
Pittsburgh, PA
60 3000 "Healey Bits" (in more pieces than they built it from)
60 Bugeye "Little Bits" click the link below for pictures
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2z49v/bugeye.htm
Pictures from Pittsburgh Vintage Gran Prix
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2z49v/pvgp.htm
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> Well I got the bad news last week, and more last evening. The head on my
> 1500 which I took to the machine shop to have magnafluxed and surfaced turned
> out to be cracked. Not a big problem. I have another head in my basement.
> So I start stripping it to take it in for checking and surfacing and guess
> what? Yep--it too is cracked across the #3 cylinder intake valve seat.
> Hairline crack on both sides and through the seat.
>
> Anybody ever have any luck welding these up or is it a wasted effort, time,
> and money? Anybody have a good extra 1500 head sitting around holding your
> boat to the shore?
>
> --David C.
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