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RE: [T3] Engine rebuild Qs


On 21 Mar 2006 at 11:11, Matthew Jones wrote:

> I can feel the ridges when I gently drag a pick over them. They don't look like
> much but when I took the head off the stud felt tight enough so I'd like to be
> sure.

Another thing you can do to check the head sealing surface is to put 
some valve grinding compound in there and lightly twist a cylinder 
back and forth a few times in there. That can tell you whether the 
cylinder head surface is flat or not.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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