Thread: Heads or not?

I wish you piped up about this last year, Pedro.
All done by the book a year ago.
Unfortunately this included no hylomar on the mls gasket, and bolts instead of studs.
I won’t make that mistake again.
And for Dozer, no, still no sign of coolant leaks, or coolant!

Mate,, Ozscott and I have done nothing but go on about it to each other since 2016,,

Sorry Pedro, obviously I thought I knew better at the time.

Pedro and I agree on studs. Pedro went steel gaskets and spray goo and I went stock German composite gaskets and no spray (but goo built in I guess).

Cheers

Originally Posted by biggin

Sorry Pedro, obviously I thought I knew better at the time.

Mate,,dont we all??
it took me 3 goes to get it right,, the second one of those was thinking a very well known business up my way knew how to build engines... 5 figures, 8 months and 30K kays later and whaddayaknow,,, they dont.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Mate,,dont we all??
it took me 3 goes to get it right,, the second one of those was thinking a very well known business up my way knew how to build engines... 5 figures, 8 months and 30K kays later and whaddayaknow,,, they dont.

I had the head gaskets, lifters, plugs/leads and cooling system replaced 22,000k's ago and waddayaknow,,,, Everything is still working Perfectly despite 20,000k's towing a 1.5t boat and being fully loaded in 40C+ temps
It depends on where you get the work done that makes the differance

Yes and no. At the end of the day studs provide superior clamping force - more accurate too in terms of achieving accurate even specs (although like any in situ getting the ones at the firewall isn't easy). I had head gaskets go after 2 very well known LR independents were let loose on the vehicle with new genuine stretch bolts.
Pedro I am never going back to the place our vehicles were sleeping at...we had our head gaskets done at the same time. Against my better judgement I'm trying a mob a little further south to see if they have improved. I enjoyed doing my own head gaskets. A good machine shop helps for dressing the heads.

Nearly 2.5 years and 40,000k including towing a 2 tonn boat around and some serious low range work in Qld summers. Its already outlasted the experts' head gasket work...
Cheers

I know I would really enjoy building one from scratch,, not gunna happen any time soon,, but its dream I wont let go of