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curious2garden

curious2garden

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shrxhky420 said:
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Head gasket, those usually aren't a terrible change out. What type of car. Make sure you get the head planed at a reputable machine shop.

With 300k miles you probably want a dye penetrant check or magnaflux (the old way), make sure you have no small cracks, not just the gasket leak. Check on the price of a new head. Last time I did a head on my Probe I found a new head for $95.00.

Also put a new thermostat in LOL

PS You guys had all the fun before I got here waaaaaaaaaah!
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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curious2garden said:
Head gasket, those usually aren't a terrible change out. What type of car. Make sure you get the head planed at a reputable machine shop.

With 300k miles you probably want a dye penetrant check or magnaflux (the old way)
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You neglected to mention my favorite - Mag Particle test.
It's super quick, the easiest to see & negligible cleanup afterwards.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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shrxhky420 said:
Question for you car peoples.
I was changing spark plugs in mamashark's car. I'm putting the last plug in, torqueing it down, and all of a sudden the spark plug well begins to fill with liquid, maybe water, oil, gas? Not sure.
Any ideas? Maybe just need a new valve cover gasket set?
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Those are tears of shame. That motor thought it had you licked.
 
Bareback

Bareback

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raratt said:
We are lucky and don't have carpenter bees, just carpenter ants. We do have bark beetles that are killing tens of thousands of drought stressed pines and the lumber companies have no use for standing dead trees. Most of my wife's family worked in the lumber mills.
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too larry said:
Beetles are bad here too. I've seen some really good work done with the beetle killed wood. Lint's van comes to mind. {he is a super hero in the hiking world. Triple Triple crowner. Like all the best hikers, he lives in a van} The pine is at 13:13 if you don't want to watch the whole tour.

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First two pics are of some paneling I made with the Beatle killed pine, the third is a hollowed out log that is a corner for a wall I haven't finished yet.
 
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