[NoVa-Corvairs] Look Ma-No Head!

Fri Mar 10 20:44:35 EST 2017

Good job - it also looks like the head is repairable and you have the pop up pistons I was thinking of.

So now that it's out, what's the project for the meeting?  Think you'll have it back in time to assemble?

--Bryan

> On Mar 10, 2017, at 6:49 PM, Dan Weiss via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:
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> Head is out!  Thankful that I did not have to drill or chisel any of the head nuts.  All came off intact with vice grips on the studs and PB Blaster. Used two breaker bars on the vice grips to close them with very tight grip on the studs.
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> Here is the head.  The dropped seat is evident under the exhaust valve.  
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> Looks like it stayed intact, which was great news.  Here is the top of the piston, so I guess I did get it to TDC on the leak down test.<piston at TDC.jpg>
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> Thanks again to all.
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> Dan
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