Volks,

After purchasing my wife's 87 Westy project, I'm finally getting started. I
knew the heads were messed up, but I was hoping for a simple head gasket
job. Upon closer inspection, and a few pictures in macro focus mode, there
appears to be a big crack on the one side. Any opinions? Is this head
reusable? What could cause such a large crack? The pics:

http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/amcheads

Please help enlighten an aspiring Vanagon mechanic. Thanks for any
advice/input/feedback/links/etc.....

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Chris
88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
87 Westfalia (in progress)