Thread: oopsy-daisy!!

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A friend of mine is going to be building a 454 which he bought from the same guy i got my 396 from.So,last night i get a frantic phone call from him,because in the process lifting the left head off the block,he drops it sideways on the very top edge of the deck and chips it ! Now,from what i understand,it's about an eight inch in from the top edge near a coolant passage,but not INTO the hole,just....well,near it.So he asks me if i think it'll still be ok,and will the gaskets still seal,and my reply is.."hell if i know,it's a new one for me"!! all i can figure is from what he describes,there's plenty of meat in between the water passage and the "chip" or "gouge",so before he has a heart attack[would be a damn shame,i like the guy] hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me.Will the heads still seal?

Them heads is heavy!!!

From a practical point of view he should do what should have been done regardless of the oopsy. Have the parts magnafluxed and the mating surfaces checked for true (flatness). One thing to keep in mind on this kind of thing. The impact energy has to dissipate. Breaking off a chunk may have done it, or the energy could travel til it finds another weak point.

sounds good! I'll give him the news tonite,probobly not what he wanted to hear,but he's just gonna have to deal with it!! thanks,guys.

Originally posted by Streets
(Edited)Sheesh, I gotta get new buttons/keys on my pooter so it don't take me so long to type a reply and say the same thang that bbbpb says in the "durin' time"

Even with a new Keyboard it would still take you longer than Bob to type a reply and if you learn to type with more than two finger well then I'm gonna come over and swap a few buttons

Otto