Congratulations - I am hoping to have similar results
when I do mine in the next few months, but....

Since both heads leak the exact same amounts of
coolant (.50 piece spots overnight), and only when it
gets below 30deg, I am hoping it is a "15 yr old
southern seal dealing with northern weather" issue,
and not a pitted head...  Could make time inbetween
trips to Moab this spring a little farther inbetween
if it is the heads...

Oh - and to whoever recommended NOT to try and bike in
Moab during Jeep weekend, I will listen to advice in
the future ;)

Mark

--- Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> wrote:
> Well, the prayers worked and I have at least stepped
> into the Hallowed Halls
> of Vanhood; ready to begin my initiation.
>
> The heads are off Hans and they are NOT PITTED!!!!!
> Yippee!....Yahoo!
>
> However, they have "AMC" cast into the side. Is this
> a common practice of VW
> dealers?  PO was very emphatic that these were NEW
> VW heads and showed me
> the paperwork from the trusted dealer....nearly $2K.
>  Is this Normal?
>
> Everything but the gaskets look good; but I am going
> to drop them off at a
> trusted machinist's to check them out.
>
> One more question to the List...  Do our valves have
> guide seals?  I know
> the older Beetles engines didn't.  How about the
> Waterboxers?
>
> I will read up on this tomorrow (Bentley and
> Haynes). Just thought I might
> cut to the chase and ask the List experts.
>
> TIA.
>
> Did I make it apparent how pleased I am that the
> heads aren't pitted?
>
> --
> Stephen Steele*
> Chillicothe OH
> Chillicothe OH
> '91 Caravelle  "Hans"
> '87 Westy      "Franz"
> '84 Westfalia  "Fritz"  now sold to my nephew
> '81 Diesel Rabbit "Ol' Yeller" by PO
> '82 Diesel Jetta "Donormobile" for...
> '82 Caddy VW P.U. ( White with a nice "mossy" tone
> from the
>           years' of sitting waiting to be discovered
> by a VW
>           addict like me).
> '90 Jetta GL  16 yo Sons' "together" car
> '74 MGB  My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74
> '93 Chevy S-10    I hate it ... soon to be "Gone"
> *all rights reserved/no portion of this document may
> be reproduced w/o prior
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