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On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:00, Steven Ayres wrote: > DavidN=> After grenading the heads for the second time, > > The thing to do here is to determine why your heads "grenaded". You should > not have to do anything special to keep the motor happy other than normal > maintenance. > > What happened to your heads, exactly? > > => Are there any cooling solutions that will > => keep Heather happy?(1969 Fasty FI) > > First and foremost, is your stock system complete and functioning properly? > All pieces of tin work should be in place. All air bellows, boots, and elbows should be in place. Did the heads die from over heating? Or did you burn a valve. Is the distributor in good condition. Good breaker plate and a working mechanical advance. Is the timing set correctly? -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org