Good question. Please DO EYEBALL the heads! save yourself hauling them in and perhaps paying to have a visibly cracked head checked! Been there done that, At least the guy was honest as I hope the shop you deal with is. He took one look at the head and said, "no need, this ones shot" He even had a proper match to the other head for the V6 already built and ready to go! Cheap too. Doubt they will have a 196 head laying around... -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > Were the cracks visible? Not that plan on eyeballing! Off they go the > shop (I think I will ahve time before work tomorrow). _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list