[david-b]

You're completely right about this.

But about the old threads thing, just let them die. They're old for a reason. If you want to comment on something like that, make a new thread in the proper forum and quote/link to the old thread and ask for clarification or whatever.

This forum is definitley not for hard-core motor heads, but a simple manual (like you asked about in the first post) would have answered a couple questions. That's why the first thing you should buy with any car is the manual for it. Just good reference.

We're willing to help you the whole way, so don't think we're steering you away. We all want to share knowledge with others, and ya some people can be dicks. But just ignore that.

And for reference with that copper pipe setup, I didn't have that when I took the springs/valves off, and it took a long time. When I rebuilt the head and put it all together, it took at most 10 minutes to put together, compress, and get the locks on there with grease and all. Well worth it IMO. Just try to match the size of the pipe a lil smaller than the retainer. Or, just reshape to fit. I had to trim my piece quite a bit to properly fit the whole way, but very easy. Good luck.