I don't know crabby...the new head hasn't seemed to help much at all..it is still smoking like a freight train...maybe even worse than before and running rough...it was running better before I changed the head I think but when I got it off I could see a couple burnt valves so I know it had seen better days...at this point I am about ready to roll this thing into the ocean...tearing that engine down is something I would look forward to about as much as a double root canal...I am just about ready to pay somebody to do an r&r on that engine if I could get one and a mech that wouldn't result in a second mortgage...

I never expected the problems I have had with this thing...it is far and away the most troublesome one I have ever fooled with...
it seems every little job or part replacement has been wrong or had some kind of major glitch and I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as I should be for somebody trying to do stuff this involved...been cussing worse than in my Navy days and conteplating a gallon jug of wild turkey...this aggravation is way too much from something that was supposed to be a bonding project for the kid and I...

irt beltfed's info, would you possibly have contact info for those guys? shipping would probably be prohibitive from that far...not sure
but thanks to both of ya...any other pearls of wisdom at this point are greatly appreciated


Mike