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Special Coupe Frank · 05-11-2010, 10:58 AM

Well, things are moving along at a glacial pace in my garage.

My '28 Special Coupe blew its head gasket about a month and a half ago.

Finally got a chance to pull the head last Monday, and sent the head to the machine shop for surfacing.

Picked-up the head yesterday; the shop boss said "it was warped pretty good; had to take about 0.015" off."...

Still haven't found ANY indentifying marks on it anywhere - no letters, numbers, diamonds, nothin'... so I guess that means it's an original head ?

Spent last night running the studs on the wire-wheel... they all cleaned-up pretty good... or so I thought.

I decided to spin a head-nut on & off each stud... five of the studs got real tight after starting the nut... a closer look revealed really pitted threads...

So, I decided to spring for new moly studs & a new copper gasket from Snyders, rather than mess around with crusty old hardware.

While I'm waiting for that to arrive, I will clean the block deck, valves and pistons, and see about mucking-out the water jackets...

Truly, I am "not going anywhere fast" with this A...

SC Frank

Russ/40 · 05-11-2010, 11:16 AM

Any movement is progress. Sometimes slower is better

Aerocraft · 05-14-2010, 05:14 PM

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Most of the "original" heads that I have seen will have a small triangular casting "bump" on the top of the head in front of the water outlet.

05-11-2010, 10:58 AM	#1
Special Coupe Frank Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeast Penna Posts: 2,108	Cylinder-head progress (?) Well, things are moving along at a glacial pace in my garage. My '28 Special Coupe blew its head gasket about a month and a half ago. Finally got a chance to pull the head last Monday, and sent the head to the machine shop for surfacing. Picked-up the head yesterday; the shop boss said "it was warped pretty good; had to take about 0.015" off."... Still haven't found ANY indentifying marks on it anywhere - no letters, numbers, diamonds, nothin'... so I guess that means it's an original head ? Spent last night running the studs on the wire-wheel... they all cleaned-up pretty good... or so I thought. I decided to spin a head-nut on & off each stud... five of the studs got real tight after starting the nut... a closer look revealed really pitted threads... So, I decided to spring for new moly studs & a new copper gasket from Snyders, rather than mess around with crusty old hardware. While I'm waiting for that to arrive, I will clean the block deck, valves and pistons, and see about mucking-out the water jackets... Truly, I am "not going anywhere fast" with this A... SC Frank Last edited by Special Coupe Frank; 05-11-2010 at 12:28 PM.

05-11-2010, 11:16 AM	#2
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: Cylinder-head progress (?) Any movement is progress. Sometimes slower is better

05-14-2010, 05:14 PM	#3
Aerocraft Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 1,387	Re: Cylinder-head progress (?) Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Most of the "original" heads that I have seen will have a small triangular casting "bump" on the top of the head in front of the water outlet.

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