A few minutes ago I finished pulling the heads on my 2.1 in
anticipation of installing new head gaskets and fuel hose.

Cylinder question: the car has 190K miles on it, and I noticed I could
feel no lip inside the cylinder... none. Upon closer inspection with a
light, I can still see the crosshatch from the factory. Is this normal?
Unusual?

Head question: I'm not going to do anything to the heads but clean them
up and stick them back on with new gaskets. They are pitted, though,
and I am going the JB weld route. Should I just send the heads to a
shop and have them cleaned? Do it myself? How much should I expect to
pay for just a cleaning? I assume they will have to pull the  springs
and valves.

Thanks,

Jim