well, got the head back last week, still doing the other little piddly stuff to get ready. Checked my timing and found why she ran best with a little retard, cause I missed the mark on my last attempt at timing even tho I thought I had made it. even double checked, maybe it slipped.
oh well, that will be remedied soon enough!
so it was interesting, the parts returned with my head. The valves were all sharp on the edges, as explained to me that's why they were so recessed, as well as unusable. one was a maybe, but he figured while we're at it, we might as well do it right with all four. keep from having to redo it that much sooner.
the valve guides were an interesting situation. they had been reamed out with a spiral pattern. he said that was often done as a stop-gap fix, as the reaming raised the metal and closed the hole, then they were redrilled to the right size for the valve stem. it almost looks like the K-liners suggested, but just done to the guides themselves.
anyway, just reminscing already... more to come regarding head gaskets and the like soon, as my wife is leaving town for a week starting sunday, finally! a good bit of time to be wrenching out in the garage!! :)