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Sep 6, 2016 | 01:28 PM

Sarge261

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Cylinder Heads

Hey Guys,

Have a customer coming in with a truck that has a cracked head...He's looking to replace the pair as the truck has close to 200k on it. Is anyone doing a good enough job, besides Ford, remanning them where I don't have to worry about doing the job twice?

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Sep 6, 2016 | 02:52 PM

navistarnut

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I would give Andy a shout, run6.0run is his handle. Not sure where he takes his but I have heard him mention a place in the past.

Sep 6, 2016 | 03:58 PM

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UCF machine shop does an excellent job. There's a lot of guys I know running their heads with no issues.

https://store.ucfmachineshop.com/

Sep 6, 2016 | 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nighthawk285

UCF machine shop does an excellent job. There's a lot of guys I know running their heads with no issues.

https://store.ucfmachineshop.com/

What he said! They aren't cheap but they are the consumate experts on rebuilding these heads. Also O-ringing is an added safety measure to positivley solve the head gasket issue (as some have experienced HG leaks AFTER Apr studs and new gaskets using non o-ringed heads).

Sep 6, 2016 | 11:18 PM

wedge542

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How does he know they are cracked,they already off?

Sep 6, 2016 | 11:28 PM

163junk

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I just put 2 remans on an 05 that was making coolant outa diesel fuel. Paid 1100 and change a side and came with gaskets and all these extra long bolts I didn't use from ford.

Sep 7, 2016 | 09:44 AM

wedge542

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I just put 2 remans on an 05 that was making coolant outa diesel fuel. Paid 1100 and change a side and came with gaskets and all these extra long bolts I didn't use from ford.

could you see the cracks by the cups or see water dripping in the cup while inj was out?

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Sep 7, 2016 | 11:48 AM

nighthawk285

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You could always try to just repair the cup rather than replace the head. BulletProof Diesel has had a cup repair kit on the market now for a couple years and I haven't seen a repeat failure once the repair was done....it's not cheap but it's cheaper than heads, but it's of course up to your customer. For an actual head replacement I won't use anyone other than UCF, I've seen too many problems with the other suppliers.

BPD Cylinder Head Repair Tool, Ford 6.0L

Sep 7, 2016 | 03:15 PM

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wedge542

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There is a repair cup just for cracks there,comes with a longer cup and longer inj lower piece and if the crack keeps growing the longer cup is already inplace, cheap fix .

Sep 7, 2016 | 04:35 PM

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He wants new heads...who am I to argue.

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Sep 7, 2016 | 05:13 PM

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nighthawk285

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Yeah I get that, just throwing out options. Some people want new things and then get sticker shock...so just helping if that should come along

Sep 7, 2016 | 07:13 PM

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could you see the cracks by the cups or see water dripping in the cup while inj was out?

Yes and when I went to pull that injector, the holdown clamp blew apart and had a heck of a time getting it out. decided 2 heads because machine work and seals etc was more than half the cost anyway.

Sep 7, 2016 | 10:28 PM

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Truck was in here a while ago making fuel, truck had fuel in the coolant, pulled the injectors on the passenger side and 1 of the cups were cracked, cant remember which 1 though.

Sarge

I have to ask was it the cup or the cast iron of the head that
was doing the leaking?

Also on the BPD repair I was under the impression that was only for
fuel cracks and not coolant.

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