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Post  cool40 July 3rd 2016, 12:04 am

I thought I had an intake gasket leak at the bash last month but it turns out a lot worse. I should have taken advice from Keith and Randy before I pulled the intake and pressurized it but I didn't so now I'm in it for another set of gaskets. Laughing i filled it with water before I started it and as it did at the race it filled #5 before I even tried starting it. I pulled the top off the intake and put air psi to the cooling system and whata ya know! I have no idea why this happened but it's leaking like sob! Mad Mad Surprised A460 head problem  Th_20160702_160919
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Post  68formalGT July 3rd 2016, 9:07 am

Damn!! That's a lot of water!! Can it be welded?
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Post  rmcomprandy July 3rd 2016, 9:30 am

It's aluminum so, it can be fixed. Just not a simple fix.

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Post  cool40 July 3rd 2016, 11:00 am

I Hope it can be welded. I still have to pull it off and have a closer look but most likely the seat will need replacing. Suspect
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Post  Lem Evans July 3rd 2016, 10:17 pm

Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?

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Post  cool40 July 3rd 2016, 10:42 pm

Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?
yes it is. I may never get the intake off again after using that grey stuff and them cometic gaskets! Embarassed I'm gona try and pull the head tomorrow,Tuesday I have to deal with this knee repair and I'll be out of commission about a week. pale
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Post  whatbumper July 3rd 2016, 11:57 pm

pretty much anything aluminum can be fixed. If no body else will do it locally I will for sure. We have all the machines to take care of you.

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Post  CHARLIEB July 4th 2016, 12:05 am

Hey cool, sorry to hear the bad news about your motor. I hope everything work out for you and take care of that knee.
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Post  cool40 July 4th 2016, 10:07 pm

So....after getting it off and the valve out I did some poking around and in no time the little hole turned into this , Shocked :A460 head problem  20160704_190020 it's thin around this area best I can tell. What a Face :A460 head problem  20160704_190127
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Post  68formalGT July 4th 2016, 10:20 pm

Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?

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Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?
yes it is. I may never get the intake off again after using that grey stuff and them cometic gaskets! Embarassed I'm gona try and pull the head tomorrow,Tuesday I have to deal with this knee repair and I'll be out of commission about a week. pale

IUD?
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Post  cool40 July 4th 2016, 10:22 pm

68formalGT wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?

cool40 wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?
yes it is. I may never get the intake off again after using that grey stuff and them cometic gaskets! Embarassed I'm gona try and pull the head tomorrow,Tuesday I have to deal with this knee repair and I'll be out of commission about a week. pale

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IDT Wink you just gota translate for Lem.
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Post  68formalGT July 4th 2016, 10:36 pm

cool40 wrote:
68formalGT wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?

cool40 wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?
yes it is. I may never get the intake off again after using that grey stuff and them cometic gaskets! Embarassed I'm gona try and pull the head tomorrow,Tuesday I have to deal with this knee repair and I'll be out of commission about a week. pale

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IDT Wink you just gota translate for Lem.

Ahh, OK so it's not a TFS casting.
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Post  cool40 July 4th 2016, 11:02 pm

68formalGT wrote:
cool40 wrote:
68formalGT wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?

cool40 wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Is this one of those I.U.D. heads?
yes it is. I may never get the intake off again after using that grey stuff and them cometic gaskets! Embarassed I'm gona try and pull the head tomorrow,Tuesday I have to deal with this knee repair and I'll be out of commission about a week. pale

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Ahh, OK so it's not a TFS casting.
no it's an eliminator casting with IDT CNC porting. maybe the name has an affect on the hole in it?
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Post  dtimmer July 5th 2016, 12:38 am

Eh that's an easy fix. No need to replace the seat if the welder is any good. Question is, how thin are the rest

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Post  cool40 July 5th 2016, 12:56 am

dtimmer wrote:Eh that's an easy fix. No need to replace the seat if the welder is any good. Question is, how thin are the rest
Question exactly Suspect
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Post  rmcomprandy July 5th 2016, 9:49 am

cool40 wrote:
dtimmer wrote:Eh that's an easy fix. No need to replace the seat if the welder is any good. Question is, how thin are the rest
Question exactly Suspect

You should only bother yourself with the problem at hand.  If it ain't broke ... don't fix it.

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Post  dtimmer July 5th 2016, 10:00 am

Doesn't hurt to poke around with something sharp in the other ports. If it's just as thin, it will break thru eventually. Why do it twice?

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Post  Wheelie58 July 7th 2016, 6:36 am

Might be a good idea to sonic test the other ports in that area.
Depending on the size of the "thin" area, it could get tricky during welding, requiring a larger area to be V'ed out and filled.
My experience with welding near the valve seat...the seat may need to be removed. The heat could distort the seat pocket resulting in a change in press fit. Worse case it would require re bore of the seat pocket after welding and a larger OD seat installed.
For sure can be fixed.
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Post  cool40 August 5th 2016, 12:43 am

Repaired! Now if it doesn't leak I'll be set! cheers :A460 head problem  20160804_200315
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Post  68formalGT August 5th 2016, 1:15 am

Looks like new!
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Post  Lem Evans August 5th 2016, 10:41 am

Did you send it to Fabio?

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Post  cool40 August 5th 2016, 1:47 pm

Lem Evans wrote:Did you send it to Fabio?
no but it is scratched up ain't it! Laughing
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Post  gt350hr August 5th 2016, 2:41 pm

Just goes to show CNC's don't pay attention to core shift. They just do what they are told to do. Glad you got it fixed. I had a similar problem with some Ford Racing heads in the spring pocket area. Both heads, same pocket ( position) , had to be core shift. Fixed five years ago and still perfect.

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Post  whatbumper August 5th 2016, 11:17 pm

We just welded up every port in a set of c3 heads due to core shift and a head porter that goes by the if it's bigger the ports better theory. Lol

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Post  cool40 August 7th 2016, 10:09 pm

Well this sob leaked!! Mad Mad I did check it with air psi after I bolted it down so it ain't as bad but now I gota deal with it again. My tig torch won't fit in the port so I guess I'll buy a smaller one and see how my luck is at doing it myself. Suspect
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