Blown Head gasket 03

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Blown Head gasket 03

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Hey all. Long time no talk....

Anyhooo

Our 03 blew a head gasket sending compression into the cooling system. Tonight astrogurl and I started the tear down.

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Re: Blown Head gasket 03

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Glad to see you back on! Good luck with the tear down. Are you gonna shave the heads and do a port and polish at the same time? :D
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1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
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Re: Blown Head gasket 03

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A shave sounds good. Not quite sure yet.
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