Topic: HOW TO:Resurface a cylinder head with out a machine
To be honest for a daily driver I'll spend the $50-100 bucks and have a machine shop do it.
But for Lemons where thats 10-20% of you entire $500 budget This could be a good enough method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc_gaGAf2pk
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My crazy Idea for anyone running a Honda D series and wants to keep the head gasket from blowing...
The head gasket blows because it's not a closed deck and the OEM gasket is organic material. With an unclosed deck the cylinder walls will litterally wobble and cause the already flimsey gasket to blow
So we pull the heads do the epoxy/salt method of closing the deck and put a new HG on it = Bullet proof D16
Epoxy salt method:
-Pull the head
-fill the space between the block and the cylinder walls 1/2-3/4of the way full of salt
and the rest with epoxy (JBweld) leaving the epoxy slightly concave at the top so you
don't have to re-suface the deck
-once it cures you flush out the salt with a water hose
-using a new head gasket for a template drill out the coolant passages to the head (people
over at honda-tech.com can help figure out which gasket is the best for this type of setup
vs cost)
-resurface the head using the method above
-Bolt on heads
-now pray that your head bolts were built on Wednesday by a guy who got laid on Tuesday
-???
-500$ profit