1. Washed & blasted
2. Measured & measured some more.
3. Pressed in new guide
4. Pressed out old guide
5. Sized all guides to valve stems
6. Cut seats
7. Ground valves
8. Lapped valves & seats
9. McFarland surfaced heads
10. Wiley machined exhaust flanges, cut step,
pressed in flanges and welded
11. Installed 15ea 10-24 helicoils
12. Chased threads
13. Smoothed out bad cooling fins
14. Cleaned up ports
15. Bead blasted and washed (again)
AND . . . I'm about 1/2 done . . . not counting all the time to set up and measure spring heights, etc.,
rocker studs, locks, oilers, etc. So, if somebody has a nicely rebuilt set of heads for $500-$750 . . . it's probably really not that bad a deal ! Pans are cool . . . but a P. I. T. Ass sometimes.
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