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you CAN dress a head gasket? guy at my local auto parts told me the head was supposed to be able to float slightly(thus the short thread portion on the bolts) and that i shouldn't seal it with anything...
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I think we have different definitions of 'dress'. 'Dressing' the gasket surface means to lightly polish it, to obtain the correct surface finish of 20-30RA.
I believe you are referring to the old terminology of applying a rigid sealer to a gasket, such as Indian Head shellack. If that is the case, your parts guy is correct.Jim DeAngelis
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ahh. cool man. that's sweet you got equipment to grind valves and such. enjoy giving life back to your patient!light a man a fire and he'll stay warm for the night.
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I've heard of heads warping to the point of binding the cam before... but I haven't seen one yet myself!
Apparently they can "correct" it by heating and pressing the head flat again. Have you had much success with that kind of an operation?~Nate
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dude, I've seen heads so warped they BREAK the cam!!!Originally posted by skeeters_keeper View Post
I haven't done hot press deal myself, as I don't have the appropriate oven or press. Also, most of the successful operations I've read about are on iron heads.Jim DeAngelis
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you are certainly welcome, sir!!! You already know that I don't think you owe me. This is just what I do for a friend.Originally posted by Pu241 View PostJim DeAngelis
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got the valve job done, and the head reassembled. An arthritis flair made me cut my workday short today
bare head before soda blasting
valves before grinding
after blasting
freshly ground valves
I had to clean the runners up a little
getting the seats cut
checking seat-to-face contact
reassembly started
more next week...
Sorry this is taking so long, John!Jim DeAngelis
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that thing should haul after this!! Jim, did you do anything with the exhaust shelf? (i.e. get rid of it?)Trees aren't kind to me...
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AWESOME! sweet pics man. i think i gotta go get a job as a mechanic asap! wow that blasting sure does a thorough job. didn't know you could get a head that clean. looks really good.light a man a fire and he'll stay warm for the night.
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yep!! Ground down the lip and lowered the shelf a bit.Originally posted by FestYboy View PostJim DeAngelis
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Nice job, I love clean parts. Stainless steel bench top ?sigpic
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silly question, what's an exhaust shelf?Joey Richard Jr.
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no, just gray painted mild steel. Just one of the teardown benches at the school I work at.Originally posted by freshtiva View Post
And thanks for the compliment!!Jim DeAngelis
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Looking like it will run great after this
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