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Old 09-27-2011, 08:23 AM
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So what happened? Drop a valve? Valve head break off? I take it that with only $150 in the repair, there was no cylinder damage.
Dropped a valve. Made a huge mess. The block had to be sleeved. In the picture you can sort of see the damage to the cylinder, towards the bottom. $150 paid for the sleeve. I think he charged me another small amount to have the block decked for a fresh surface.

I also replaced the head.
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