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Can you tell if a top-end rebuild had been done by visual inspection?
Found an 82 sc with 130Kmi. Good leakdown of %8 -%6 and solid compression of 155 across all 6 cylinders. Last valve adjustment 5k ago had no broken head studs. The car has a limited service history. Since it’s an SC I am worried about the head studs failing soon. The PPI appears good, is it possible this car had a top-end done at some point? Can you visually inspect the engine and see a tell tale sign of a prior top-end rebuild. I don’t think you can but if it is possible please let me know what to look for.
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02-23-2006, 04:37 PM
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I think it would be hard to tell unless the work was done very recently. Then the signs would be obvious.
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Unless of course a PO had been nice enough to use ARP studs which would be obvious by the rounded/nonthreaded end of the stud above the open nut
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Thanks for the replies.
With the assumption that the bottom head studs would be replaced with steel during a rebuild, what about testing them with a magnet. non-magnetic = dilivar = no rebuild magnetic = steel = rebuild |
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