Re: HELP!!!- Heads/Injector

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> Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 21:39:14 -0500
> To: type-3@UMICH.EDU
> From: mgkepner@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU(Melissa & Jim)
> Subject: Re: HELP!!!- Heads/Injector

>> From: "James Burroughs" <james_burroughs@qmbridge.calstate.edu>

>>
>> I put my heads off of a  (1966 FB)  in the shop and I didn't mark them before
 I
>> sent them in.  You know  with some kind of marking to let you know what head
>> goes right and what head goes left. The question is it of any great important
>> that they go back the way they came off.   By the way the heads had to have t
he
>> val guild replace. If that make any different.

> This message, and the response to it, has me confused.  There is no
> difference that I know of between the two heads on a 66.  There is no temp
> sensor boss, because this is 2 years before FI started.  These should just
> be single port heads.  Replacement of valve guides is standard practice.
> Don't let anyone talk you into cast iron guides; use bronze with the latest
> style valves.  Don't use cheap valves, it's a foolish economy.

Agreed on the valve situation.  The possibility of switched sides
would only be of minor concern.  Usually when rebuilding the
heads it is stressed to keep all valve-related parts together
(valves, rockers, pushrods, etc.) because they have worn
together.  With rebuilt heads and new valves the only parts left
out of the "mated" formula would be the pushrods.  If you're
replacing them too, it should make no difference which side the
rebuilt heads go on.

And, Jim, welcome back.  Are you still 5'-11"?

-Jim Bryant