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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 01:57 AM
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Default 99 cracked head 80k miles $100

selling a cracked head
it has 80k miles only. still running good.
$100 obo. CA91767 selling as is


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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 05:27 PM
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How did this happen?
Old Jun 25, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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I used a wrench to hold the cam in order to tight up the cam pulley.
It broke when i was tightening it up.



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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 05:57 PM
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Doh!!

GLWS!!
Old Jun 25, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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A good welder can fix that nicely
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welder? you mean JB weld!
Old Jun 25, 2012 | 11:26 PM
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Dont scrap it, JB IT !
Old Jun 25, 2012 | 11:32 PM
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I'll give you $50 shipped.
Old Jun 26, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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Dibs.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
I'll give you $50 shipped.
i dont think $50 can cover my shipping cost. sorry
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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Nonsense poopypants!

I just shipped a set of wheels/tires for $129 with a total weight of 156 pounds..
Old Jun 28, 2012 | 12:44 PM
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Try this:

Aluminum Welding Rods - Pack of 8 Alumiweld Rods
Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:13 AM
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50 bucks shipped...the head will become even more cracked while that cheap shipping. Good deal still if someone wants to spend the time/$ getting it rewelded.
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sold
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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 06:57 AM
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Well, I ended up buying this cylinder head last week. I have a professional fabricator from work that was going to weld the crack back up.

I just received it in the mail yesterday, and decided to tear it down to clean it. I removed the cam caps and noticed disaster:





Holy crap - this head really is junk. The exhaust cam bearing on cylinder 2 is completely smoked. The other cam bearings definitely show some stress from embedded particles as well, but the exhaust #2 is completely destroyed.

This was certainly a surprise for me. Hopefully thomas18a will make it right.
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Old Jul 7, 2012 | 12:15 PM
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refund will be issued if u ship it back to me
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ill pay 25 for the lifters if there still good.
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Well, I'm going to ship it back. Getting boned for $50 shipping is better than getting boned for $155.

Sometimes these deals just aren't good deals.
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:/ bummer
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WOW. I was about to buy it. Thanks for beating me to it.



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