Sully blew the right side head gaskets a few weeks ago. Left side has been dubious for years now but gasket sealer works for a few months. Overheated him twice due to low water (oops!) and wound up with milkshake in the valve covers.
So I took his motorvation apart.
Heads are off a few thousandths so we chucked 'em up in the mill and shaved .001" per pass until they were flat.
We covered the mill area with SHarpie(tm) rather than blue dye because it makes a thinner layer. You can see black on the top of the pic after the first pass.
Tomorrow we finish this driver side head and I get to start putting it all back together again. Gonna replace some hoses and other crunchy bits, too.
It's been 30 years since I really tore down a gas engine and they were all big 'Murican iron. Stuff on this engine is so small and easy to work with. Other than how soft my hands have gotten, this has been fun.
And a DIPL from this morning for your time. Never saw the back of it...
No, wait! This needs some cat laying in the sunshine.