The 90 Continental we have cracked a head. Well, more than cracked, there's a 1/16" diameter hole between the valves. Took both heads to the machine shop, the dude says he fixed the hole, pressure tested and resurfaced them.

My options are this:
A. get a reman head from autozone
B. use the "fixed" head

These are 3.8 aluminum heads, we can't find suitable heads in any junkyards around here.

I'd prefer to not use a reman head, but I'm wondering, would a fixed head from a reputable shop be better?


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Shane McConnell
macgyver@nethirdgen.org [*]Webmaster of www.NEThirdgen.org[*]1991 RS 305 T5 15.6@88[*]1979 Z28

 

if you prefer to buy a rebuilt head do it, i'd guess the cost would be close. as for a good shop welding the head and doing any other repairs that shouldn't be a problem either. aluminum is easy to weld, won't crack as easy as iron and if it's leak tested you don't have much to worry about.

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in the future take your tech post to the tech board at www.nethirdgen.org i hear the moderator there really knows his stuff.

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The cost is actually $75 more to get the reman from Autozone, but I'd rather have the fixed original head just because I don't trust remanufactured parts.

 

lol

 

i think i'd prefer to have my own part repaired, if it were me i'd weld it myself you should be fine having a shop fix it.

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Aluminum castings are usually very repairable, more so than cast iron. If you trust the guy who did the work (like if he's your regular machine shop guy) then I think you should use the head.

A reman head probably got reman'ed for something not too different, so I doubt you'd really be getting ahead very much.

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