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Default dakota update, the head is cracked :(

On Apr 17, 11:29*pm, stryped wrote:
Well, i watched them magnaflux the suspected head and it is cracked
between the intake and exhaust valves.

I had a few questions:

1. Can the head be fixed somehow. The machine shop said they dont do
that work.

2. Where is the cheapest place to find a head if I need to do that.
(3.9 v6 magnum)

3. If I have to buy a rebuilt head, is there a problem having one
"new" head and an old head? What if the rebuilt head was milled and
the old one was not? Wouldnt their hights be different?

I appreciate your help!


Easiest to simply find a whole good running engine and swap it in. If
you'd started doing that when you first asked about all this, you'd be
done by now. Even now, it's the easiest way to guarantee that you
have a running truck when you're done.