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A New Head Gasket- Part1
Topic: Mechanical   Posted:2004-10-24
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There was some oil leaking out of the back of one side of the head. I wanted to take the head off, and I had a gasket for it. I also really wanted to look at the condition of the engine. As an added bonus, I wanted the head to be painted a pretty color. It was fairly easy to remove the nuts holding down the head. Probably too easy. The engine has been rebuilt. You can see that the pistons have a .03 stamped on them:



In thi spicture you can see the exhaust valve is open, in the top of the picture. In the middle of the picture you can see the intake valve.



There is a channel in the middle on the left that goes to opposed intake valves:



Another view:



Here is what the head looked like before I cleaned it up:



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