they only take a bee's dick off, so its not much to worry about, if they shave it any at all. just best to have a pro look at it and make sure its dead straight
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: Basic head cleaning > oh.. always have it shaved?.. bugger. Can anyone confirm this please?.. > i'd rather not waste the $130 it cost to get a VRS for the engine. I must > admit though it does make sense.. but then that means that heads are a > consumable as the compression ratio will go up and up and after a few > times will be seriously different from intended.. no? > > Dave > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 3/14/02, 11:04:50 AM, "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding > Re: Basic head cleaning: > > > > not really to do with getting the old gasket off, but today i filled my > > spray gun with degreaser and some kero, cranked the pressure as high as > it > > would go, bloody hell it made ligth work of cleaning up the a87 i have > here, > > took about a minute or two to go from black to a nice shiney aluminium.. i > > was under the impression that when you take a alloy head off, you should > > always have it shaved?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:41 PM > > Subject: Basic head cleaning > > > > > G'day guys, > > > > > > I am cleaning up my L24 head tonight (as in just removing all the crap > > > and reminants of the old head gasket) and was wondering what methods you > > > guys used to get all the stuck on gunk off. > > > Have heard several things from paint scrapers to sand-paper. I'd prefer > > > not to have to pay to get the head shaved if i screw it up so just > > > thought i'd ask for some options. > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Dave > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
