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Head Gasket replacement on an 86 245 questions 200 1986

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Thu Jan 8 00:42 CST 2009
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Hi Randy,

I just read something in a green book about not grinding off the Stellite, but that was specific to the turbo.

Wow, you've done a lot of these. I've only replaced one volvo gasket - was beginning to think these cars didn't need that done. Like for you, the Elring set made for a successful job. Didn't even consider using new bolts.

In my case, the B23 head didn't go to a machine shop. It hadn't overheated. I used a cup brush on an electric drill to scrape off most of the carbon, and spent the usual hours carefully cleaning off old gasket.

I'm curious about your lapping technique. Is this the same red plastic stick with suction cups I spun between my palms on motorcycles 40 years ago? With carborundum granules or something like that? Do you have the real deal valve spring squeezer? (I notched a piece of water pipe) Do you wash the head afterward or can you just blow the dust out?
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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