The "Poor Man's" fix is to fill the pitts with "J.B. Weld". There have
been many reports of this working just fine for thousands of miles and I
have yet to see a report of this failing. I have done it myself with no
problems.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
Ken Nelson
  Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 3:23 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Cylinder head question

  Just pulled the heads off my Vanagon. I found out the reason the head
gasket blew is because of pitting on the heads. Now my question is since the
valves, valve springs and the rest of the cylinder head check out OK should
I just get the mating surfaces welded an machined? Has anybody ever done
this before? And what results did they have? I�ve gone this route before
with other cars, trucks, and motorcycles with good results (and cheaper then
new heads). I was just wondering if there was any reason it wouldn�t work in
this application. TIA

  Ken Nelson

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