>From: ROBERT DONALDS

>The OEM heads alloy sucked so bad that they would have pitted around the JB
>weld no kidding and it does conduct electricity
>Jb weld does have some shrinkage over time but not enough to make a
>difference.
>you just cant beat the alloys of the AMC heads and there ability to not
>crack and resist pitting.. Never have I seen an AMC head that cracked and
>or
>leak coolant
>The idea of putting a OEM head back on a van rebuilt or not is nothing more
>than an act of foolishness or desperation plan and simple.
>I use nothing BUT rebuilt AMC heads on my own vans and I use nothing but
>new
>AMC heads on my rebuilt engines because that's what works

Send me a set and I take that JB Weld crapped out set off and replace the
right way. ;-) Thanks for the article on your site it was definately a great
source of information.

Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless