Gary and fellow vanagon types

From the price difference alone I would say that he was quoted for rebuilt
head at the local flaps
The AMC heads have had a reputaion for valve stem falure this has been
discussed on this list back 5 + years ago. from go westys web site you would
think he came up with the problem and the solution all at once. I have been
using AMC heads ONLY on my engines for many years with no valve problems. I
do not use the valves that come with the heads and I touch up the valve job
and then hot tank the heads to remove the grease Marnel uses to assemble the
heads. I then use a good quality valve and a positive locking method to keep
the keepers from wiping out the 3 grooves in the valve stem. All aftermarket
valves I have tested are not as hard at the grooves as the OEM valves
are

No all AMC heads are NOT the same

Bob Donalds
Boston Engine
http://www.bostonengine.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] New AMC heads - all the same?

> Need to give an answer to someone on wetwestie?
> Is this just profit margine? Like the oil companies?
> I think better of BD then that?   Must be a problem
> with the local guy?
> Message: 13
>   Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:57:19 -0700
>   From: MissVeeDub <vwdreamer@gmail.com>
> Subject: New AMC heads - all the same?
>
> Hello all again - sorry for the cross posting here...
>
> Are all new AMC heads the same? I got 2 completely
> different prices and
> want
> to go with the cheaper heads, but not sure what the
> difference is.
> BusDepot
> - $413 or local vw flaps - $333...are there two
> different heads that
> you can
> get - or does the BusDepot one come with better
> valves/valve seats?
> the busdepot heads:
> http://busdepot.com/view.jsp?model=42&category=15&group=9&prodgroup=61
> doesnt say anything about different valves/seats
>
> any ideas?
>
> BTW update on moms engine - pulled it this morning,
> and is definately a
> dropped seat - I also noticed that there was no
> thermostat only the
> bracket...
>
> --
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