[Vwdiesel] timing tension

[Terry Briggs]

As for taking the head off, do you leave the cam mounted, or remove the 
cam prior to pulling the head.

I will also keep you in mind for looking at the head, it's good to have 
someone who is familiar with the diesel head and you can trust.
On Nov 1, 2007, at 2:05 AM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/31/2007 9:18:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> vbriggs at stny.rr.com writes:
>
>> I just can't deal with the coolant loss now. I hope I can save
>>  the head, but if not, I'll look for another and march on.
>
>
>    Shouldn't be a problem. When you get to it let me know.  I've 
> rebuilt a LOT of heads (relatively, not like I'm a head rebuilder!)  
> I've tossed one from cracks.  Water POURED out the exhaust when I put 
> it back together!  I've surfaced heads that were deemed unsurfaceable, 
> I've run heads that were deemed too machined down to use, had 7 
> crashed valves, broken cam and so on.  I still have a couple that are 
> useable except for the "shelf" the injector seats against being broken 
> out of one cylinder of each head.  Good for a fix and sell car I 
> suppose.
>       Loren
>
>
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