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Looks like maybe the head may just have been loose, or studs pulling from the case/ Interesting looking cylinder fins! Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: Scott Taylor [mailto:scottbtaylor@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 2:14 PM To: T3 List Subject: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul Hey everyone, I'm stripping down an early '62 engine for an overhaul and thought I'd post my progress so far. This is a high mileage engine that I think was last rebuilt about 30 years ago. I pulled the right head expecting to find a dropped valve or something (it had no compression in #2), but things don't look as bad as I thought they would: http://home.earthlink.net/~scottbtaylor/head1&2.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~scottbtaylor/p&c1&2.jpg #2 sure is oily! I'm now thinking a ring may be the culprit. It turns over smoothly and I haven't found any metal shavings yet. I really hope the heads are salvageable -- these '62 heads with the 90¡ intake ports are pretty scarce. I'm going to let a professional take it from here. I'll let you know what he finds. Scott 62 343 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~