It’s been a few weeks, but Louie is back, and the work spawned by his head repair is as...
I’m close to finishing the installation of the rejuvenated cylinder head in Louie, my ’72 2002tii. If I’d been...
Last week I had the crack repaired in the head of Louie, my ’72 2002tii, then took the head to...
I pulled the head off Louie, my ’72 2002tii, because it was cracked through one of the valve-cover bosses;...
Years ago, I was pulling the head off Kugel, my dear departed Chamonix ’72 2002tii, in order to prophylactically...
The year was 2012. The place was the parking lot of the Hawthorne Inn in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the...
I ended last week’s Decapitating Louie series installment by saying, “I have a few more weeks to put more...
We’re going to take a break from the “Decapitating Louie” series, since I haven’t managed to get the head...
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