My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yard....
04-20-2016, 10:23 AM
#121
Racer
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04-20-2016, 11:01 AM
#122
If you don't mind me asking, how much did they charge you for the repair? I ended up keeping the head and I was just thinking about throwing it on eBay. If it could be repaired by them, I wouldn't mind sending it to them.
04-20-2016, 11:08 AM
#123
Racer
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04-20-2016, 11:27 AM
#125
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Is this the "tooling mark" we're talking about? It looks like a hairline crack in the photo, but obviously you'd be able to see it much more clearly up close.
04-20-2016, 12:21 PM
#128
Racer
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04-20-2016, 12:30 PM
#129
Len from Hoffman Automotive Machine. He specializes in aluminum heads and he does all the head work for Jake Raby's engines. 'nuff said 
Will be sending my 3.6 heads to him for a rebuild this week.
http://www.hamincgroup.com/main.php
Will be sending my 3.6 heads to him for a rebuild this week.
http://www.hamincgroup.com/main.php
04-20-2016, 12:39 PM
#130
Racer
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shoot him an email at: Info@hamheads.com.
He looked at the picture with the circled area and said ". I see the pic with the nick from the deburring tool we use to break the edges after the machine work. We do that to make sure the plastic spark plug sleeve o-ring slides into the head without getting torn. Nothing to worry about. It happens sometimes."
04-20-2016, 02:00 PM
#131
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Ah... Cool, it obviously wasn't in a valve itself, but I wasn't sure what that hole was for (spark plug - pretty obvious now but not at the time)... Great to hear it won't cause you any problems. Looking forward to when you get it all put back together and running! 
04-20-2016, 05:30 PM
#132
I just shot an email to Len, he said they do buy damaged heads. And said he would be interested if you have the matching valve cover and cam caps! shoot him an email at: Info@hamheads.com. He looked at the picture with the circled area and said ". I see the pic with the nick from the deburring tool we use to break the edges after the machine work. We do that to make sure the plastic spark plug sleeve o-ring slides into the head without getting torn. Nothing to worry about. It happens sometimes."
04-21-2016, 04:58 PM
#133
I just shot an email to Len, he said they do buy damaged heads. And said he would be interested if you have the matching valve cover and cam caps! shoot him an email at: Info@hamheads.com. He looked at the picture with the circled area and said ". I see the pic with the nick from the deburring tool we use to break the edges after the machine work. We do that to make sure the plastic spark plug sleeve o-ring slides into the head without getting torn. Nothing to worry about. It happens sometimes."
04-21-2016, 05:03 PM
#134
Captain Obvious
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