4.0 SOHC head gaskets/timing chains

[JJMaine]

They do have a warranty and they were quick to refund me my $100 that I spent at the machine shop this morning so they aren't all bad. Probably just some knuckle head doing the work on their reman stuff...

 

[JJMaine]

Leak testing as we speak. I assume this is what you meant Uncle Gump? Denatured alcohol down the ports to see if it leaks through the valves? So far so good but at this point definitely worth checking!!!

I would assume a leak would show itself fairly quickly with denatured alcohol since it's so thin? After a quick Google search it was the best way I could drum up to check in a hurry

 

[Uncle Gump]

You're correct...

I typically used mineral spirits.

If they leak... it will happen quickly.

 

[JJMaine]

They are sending me the "correct" camshaft. Big whoop. I wouldn't buy any reman heads from Bishop Engines on eBay. I guess nobody takes pride in their work anymore (or very few do). Going to just switch over all my stuff to these reman heads (camshafts, lash adjusters and followers) and pray that at the VERY least they were smart enough to keep the correct cam caps with the correct heads.

Like I said before they had 2 sets of heads for sale on eBay and obviously some mix and match happened. Going to avoid reman trash in the future if at all possible. Shran tried to warn me a couple months ago.

 

[JJMaine]

Awesome, thanks Uncle Gump, I did them all for 15-20 minutes and they stayed dry as a bone. At least a small victory

 

[Uncle Gump]

At least they got that part right.

And that's actually saying something about their shop...

 

[JJMaine]

I'm thankful I didn't go for a reman long block. Imagine the treasures one of them things hold. Next up for me will 100% be a low mileage used engine with new timing components if I ever need it.

 

[Shran]

This is why it's nice to use your local machine shop if you have one, so that you can look them in the eye when they mess up.

That said I'm not sure who I'd even use - there used to be a couple really good ones here but one retired, and the other is under new ownership and nobody seems to be happy with their work. The third one I used kind of has a mediocre reputation. I think they can probably build a mean small block Chevy but I dunno about anything modern.

 

[JJMaine]

The shop I brought the head to this morning is local and I think he has a pretty good reputation though I think his specialty is the older hot rod stuff and race cars (we have a small race track locally). I'll just go there from now on until I have a reason not to. Hopefully I won't need to too often!