I agree, much more dirty than quick.

The heads I am pulling are not being re-used. I have a spare set from another motor which I cleaned up (and have no cracks).

Funny thing about the exh studs. They all looked bad, some very bad, But they all came out either with a hammered on socket, or vise grips. Very unlike the other heads (the ones that I cleaned up). The studs in them were very, very hard to get out.

alistair

On 2013-05-24, at 9:13 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> So far you are accomplishing the "dirty" part of quick and dirty!  Not so
> sure about the quick part yet.
> 
> The crack between the valves is common, but not necessarily a problem.
> Others can comment on that though.   Your exhaust studs look like mine!  Are
> you going to try to extract that one or just junk the head along with the
> exhaust?
> 
> Stuart
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:55 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: quick and dirty head etc
> 
> Made some progress today and discovered one head had spring loaded pushrod
> tubes installed. This was the side with the oilier drips. I didn't see this
> before as I didn't want to try and get the cover plate off the corroded exh.
> studs.
> 
> Anyway, after much scraping and brushing I made the engine case about 10 lbs
> lighter :) You know, the WBX is in the top 10 engines for one characteristic
> - the ability to trap and hold dirt and oil. All those nooks and crannies.
> 
> 
> Story so far here:
> 
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/
> 
> alistair=
>