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I finally got everything cleaned up and chased the block head bolt holes after procuring the correct 12mm X 1.75 pitch bottoming tap. I checked the head for flatness previously and found it anything but flat. The high spots were outside of the head gasket area so I needed a shorter straight edge to check it better. I got a shorter steel rule and checked it inside the ink outline I made with a sharpie following the head gasket perimeter. It looks like there's several thousandths gap between cylinders 2 & 3, which are the cylinders that failed. I think I'll take the head in and have it flattened. I'll have them do the valve seals while it's at the machine shop. I hope flattening the head won't cause a bind in the cam bearings. A few thousandths should hurt it too bad.
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Posts in this Thread:
- head gasket warped:-(, skibumm100
, Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:46:08 <-- Viewing This Message- Re: head gasket warped:-(, BobS, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:36:35
- take it from me (and others on this board), TODDMO
, Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:54:29- i concur, Ben, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:26:46
- Re: i concur, skibumm100
, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:31:12- a few answers (long):, TODDMO
, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:51:35- Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100
, Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:55- Re: a few answers (long):, DickT
, Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:47:55- Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100
, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:10:46- Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100
, Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:50:51 - Re: a few answers (long):, DickT
, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:57:52- Re: a few answers (long):, skibumm100
, Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:53:42 - owning more than one Saab..., TODDMO
, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:49:48 - I hear ya. With 3 Saabs in the yard, all needing, Noel, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:01:16
- Re: head gasket warped:-(, skibumm100
, Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:48:20
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