does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

[bigbad4cyl]

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[bigbad4cyl]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

;and does this manifold look like it has 4 hours on it...

 

[Buttanic]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

No way to tell by looking at it. I could just as well have 1000 hours and just been cleaned up .

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

4 hours as in installed new out of the box,at 8AM, then removed at 12PM and photographed ... YES.<br />Installed,say October 2004,then sold and run 4hrs, Quite possibly.<br />Where are we going with this,can you describe the problem a little?<br /><br />DHP

 

[bigbad4cyl]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

TAG READS:<br /><br />NEW TAKE OFF HEAD COMPLETE. HEAD WAS INSTALLED ON ENGINE,CONNECTING ROD BROKE AFTER INSTALL.HEAD HAS 4 HOURS RUNNING TIME.DEALER COST $ 2975 FOR HEAD THIS YEAR. i am looking at getting this head for 499$ rather than rebuilding my head,,im trying to figure out if it is a used head that has been cleaned up.....or realy looks like a head that has 4 hours on it......im also looking at rebuilding mine vrs buying this one

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

Sorry,my first answer should have been NO,not new<br />right out of a box.<br /><br />I always thought OHC parts were $$$ but didn't realize a head alone could cost that much.<br /><br />However,if just (only ?) a connecting rod broke and did damage,it's hard to relate that to head and manifold problems.If a piston stuck,or a crank or wrist pin bearing froze due to water.. maybe.<br /><br />Engine failure is not always proportional to the cost of the parts,even tho it seems that it should be.<br /><br />Tell us more ?<br /><br />DHP

 

[bigbad4cyl]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

anyone

 

[Don S]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

Looking at a few small pictures isn't the way I would go about saying if a head and manifold was any good or how long they were used.<br />Some things have to be physically inspected, and measured. Things like why there are 3 square ports and 1 round on your first picture of the head.

 

[deputydawg]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

It looks nice and shiny, but who knows. Only way to really tell is measure things out. <br />Wonder why and how his rod broke? Possibly the head leaking water into a cylinder? One picture has a little corrosion, carbon or something to the far right. <br />Probably a good deal, but have to look at it in person to see.

 

[KaGee]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

BB4cyl... What is your concern about reworking your head??

 

[tommays]

Re: does this head look like it only has 4 hours on it...

big<br /><br />looking at the bottom of the head it is easy to see that it was polished with something as you cant see any machineing marks which is strange for 4 hours<br /><br />and the manifold also looks pretty bad for only 4 hours the orginal paint is not that bad<br /><br /><br />tommays