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=