Just going from memory from things he posted at the time that I took to mean
he did the job with the heads on, tho I see your point.

"I think Iavoided other pitfalls of cylinder head removal.namely stud
snappage and costs" doesn't necessarily mean he didn't pull them, but it
might.

Hell, I dunno. I thought the whole thing was kind of nuts anyway. : )

Cya,
Robert

On 9/7/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure if he did NOT remove the heads, but I recall him posting
> something about sandpaper, JB weld, used to fill pits in the heads.
>
> IYARC, (if you are remembering correctly) how would one do this with
> head installed??
>
> :)
>
> Neil.
>
> On 9/7/07, Nunya Business <bulletheadx@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As I said 'IIRC'- I believe he dug out the gasket and crammed something
> else
> > in there while the heads were still on the engine. I don't recall his
> > posting anything about it for a while now but at the time he said
> whatever
> > he did was holding. I don't remember what he used or how he did it, I
> just
> > remember feeling a kind of morbid awe about the whole thing. : )
> >
> > Cya,
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On 9/7/07, T.M. <tinkerman007@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:58:20 -0700, Nunya Business <
> bulletheadx@GMAIL.COM>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >IIRC Roger Sisler has BTDT. You might want to talk to him about it.
> > >
> > > Hi Robert. What do you mean by BTDT? Go through the whole head gasket
> > > replace scenario or just re-seal them externaly like I'm trying to see
> if
> > > possible?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > TM
> > >
> >
>
>
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