Hi Everyone,
I'm in the process of doing a top end rebuild on my 1974 cl360. I was taking the valves out today and I noticed these wear marks on the cylinder head. It looks like the cam chain wasn't properly installed at one point and has worn down part of the cylinder head. The part that really concerns me is there is a metal spur sticking out of the top of the cylinder head, it looks like the cam chain basically ground the inside of the cylinder head and pulled this part of the head up with it.
What should I do with this? I'm not sure if I should take it to a local machine shop and see if they can grind down the spur so it sits flush on the cylinder when I reinstall, or if I should just get a new cylinder head off ebay? I can send more pictures of the rebuild if that would help. Before I tore the engine down, I was getting good compression (~170psi) on each cylinder.
Thanks for your help everyone, I really appreciate it.
I'm in the process of doing a top end rebuild on my 1974 cl360. I was taking the valves out today and I noticed these wear marks on the cylinder head. It looks like the cam chain wasn't properly installed at one point and has worn down part of the cylinder head. The part that really concerns me is there is a metal spur sticking out of the top of the cylinder head, it looks like the cam chain basically ground the inside of the cylinder head and pulled this part of the head up with it.
What should I do with this? I'm not sure if I should take it to a local machine shop and see if they can grind down the spur so it sits flush on the cylinder when I reinstall, or if I should just get a new cylinder head off ebay? I can send more pictures of the rebuild if that would help. Before I tore the engine down, I was getting good compression (~170psi) on each cylinder.
Thanks for your help everyone, I really appreciate it.