IMHO, the JB Weld serves very little purpose when doing the "cheap fix".
I've done several of these cheap fixes for folks & friends who were hurting
for funds and I have never bothered with the JB Weld part.  Instead, I made
sure that all the pits were clean and then filled them completely with the
head gasket sealer.  As with the JB Weld fixes talked about on this list,
these fixes have lasted for quite some time.  As a matter of fact, I can't
think of one that has failed.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Sam Walters
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:28 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of
JB Weld

If you search the archives for JB Weld in posts by Tim Smith and Doug
Houg, you will find detailed descriptions of how to fix pitted heads
with JB Weld and reports of people having WBX engines that are still
going strong after as much as 8 years, and / or 30k, 50k and 60k miles
since the application of the product.

I have a number of these posts collected into a couple of files if
anyone wants them.  I think people should read this information and
understand what some others have accomplished and recorded in the
archives before dismissively calling it a "half assed" repair.   A new
set of Boston Bob heads might be better, but a repair that will work as
well as what these guys have reported is also a worthwhile alternative.
Some heads might be beyond repair by this method, or any method.

--
Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

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