Hey Gang I picked up these old 1949-53 Fenton Flathead heads. They have some ribs removed and one cylinder had something disintegrate in it. These worth saving?
The ribs are no biggie- but what's with the dark spots in the chamber- small dings where the engine obviously digested something can probably be smoothed out- but are those dark spots holes where it broke through thin casting? I cant tell. if it just appears like that in the pic and it's all just dings with carbon in them, i say smoothem out and carry on -rick
I got the Heads, dual intake, Holleys, linkage and all hardware, and a new offy offset generator bracket all in one package for $500. Hope I did well
For sure they can be repaired. I like old Fenton stuff. I had a 2x2 Fenton intake for a Flathead that I sold a little while back for $225. I'd say you did pretty well.
I have restored many aluminum heads and Vcovers I have some one do the welding and then I grind to shape and polish.
Pretty easy to repair them but if you have to pay someone it might be cheaper to find another head. The fins and chamber dings can be welded and reshaped.
Surely someone much more knowledgeable than I will chime in here, but... As long as you smooth the damaged area, make sure it's not cracked or broken through... I'm thinking it'll be fine. The piston won't know there are tiny divots in the head, right?
I'd recommend a carbon weld in that combustion chamber; it's easy to do, and is quite effective. Just install the head, start and warm the engine...re-torque, and drive. The carbon weld will self-fuse in the first 400 miles. (just bein' a wiseacre here...if the pitted area is shallow, just run it. It WILL fill up with carbon over time, not excessive...just a 'normalizing occurrence'; I would have bought that set in a California minute!) ...That's still 60 seconds, or how fast you can quickdraw your wallet.
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