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On 3 Jul 2006 at 11:13, Scott Taylor wrote: > 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. Wow, 90 degree intake ports. I guess these were just like 40 hp heads. One thing in your photo strikes me as strange: It looks like there's a "step" in the cylinder head where the cylinder seats. Did these cylinders use a sealing ring there like the 36 hp heads, or have these heads been cut afterwards (or were they cut this way at the factory?) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~