99 cracked head 80k miles $100
#15
![Default](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Well, I ended up buying this cylinder head last week. I have a professional fabricator from work that was going to weld the crack back up.
I just received it in the mail yesterday, and decided to tear it down to clean it. I removed the cam caps and noticed disaster:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/miata-parts-sale-trade-5/48484-99-cracked-head-80k-miles-%24100-opps01.jpg?dateline=1341658652)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/miata-parts-sale-trade-5/48485-99-cracked-head-80k-miles-%24100-5lrw34.jpg?dateline=1341658652)
Holy crap - this head really is junk. The exhaust cam bearing on cylinder 2 is completely smoked. The other cam bearings definitely show some stress from embedded particles as well, but the exhaust #2 is completely destroyed.
This was certainly a surprise for me. Hopefully thomas18a will make it right.
I just received it in the mail yesterday, and decided to tear it down to clean it. I removed the cam caps and noticed disaster:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/miata-parts-sale-trade-5/48484-99-cracked-head-80k-miles-%24100-opps01.jpg?dateline=1341658652)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/miata-parts-sale-trade-5/48485-99-cracked-head-80k-miles-%24100-5lrw34.jpg?dateline=1341658652)
Holy crap - this head really is junk. The exhaust cam bearing on cylinder 2 is completely smoked. The other cam bearings definitely show some stress from embedded particles as well, but the exhaust #2 is completely destroyed.
This was certainly a surprise for me. Hopefully thomas18a will make it right.