Re: head cleaning

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199910071744.LAA01434@aztek-eng.com> DeWitt Harrison writes:

> I'd like to clean it up really well for further inspection and possible
> head work.  Any suggestions?  One thought has been to "hot tank"
> it at a machine shop as a first step.  Will this harm the cam journals
> and other precision surfaces? TIA.

'Hot tank' degreasing is the first stage of _any_ work done by the
specialists we use for some head operations.  Reassembly, in our case,
is usually prompt and the rebuilder (either myself or Roger) makes
liberal use of an oilcan and a Mark I thumb on all surfaces.  Haven't
had a problem yet.

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