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Subject:   Cylinder head repair question
Name:   JimmieD
Date Posted:   Jul 19, 08 - 9:49 PM
IP Address:   66.81.199.49
Message:   Hi folks!

A neighbor has an early 50's Chevy 226" straight 6 engine, supposedly a cracked head. He took it to the only local machine shop and they want something like $2,500 to send head to be flame sprayed for crack[s?] repair plus complete valve job and surface head.

I spoke to neighbor again and now the local machine shop says they can do it cheaper: Use a pneumatic needle gun to repair crack, full valve job & light resurface for $975.

I really smell it on this one. My question regards the needle gun 'repair'. I've been a gearhead, hotrodder and machine nut for a long time and in the last 50 years I've never heard of repairing a cracked head that way. In fact I would go so far as to say it's impossible to fix one that way. I asked several times and apparently they don't intend to weld first, or drill stop the crack, or weld after, just the needle gun.

Anybody here ever hear of repairing a cracked cylinder head this way?

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Re: Cylinder head repair question by Gordo · Jul 20, 08 - 4:07 AM
Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 7:25 AM
Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by Mark D. · Jul 20, 08 - 7:37 AM
Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by Mark D. · Jul 20, 08 - 7:29 AM
Re: Mark D by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 7:45 AM
Re: Re: Mark D by Mark D. · Jul 20, 08 - 9:28 AM
Re: Cylinder head repair question by MoparNorm · Jul 20, 08 - 7:22 AM
Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 7:37 AM
Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by MoparNorm · Jul 20, 08 - 7:43 AM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 7:52 AM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by Gordo · Jul 20, 08 - 10:33 AM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 11:53 AM
Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by iranch(dennisSD) · Jul 20, 08 - 2:36 PM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by MoparNorm · Jul 20, 08 - 8:09 PM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by Russ Roth · Jul 20, 08 - 10:54 PM
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cylinder head repair question by JimmieD · Jul 20, 08 - 11:14 PM


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