Good News!  I found myself a set of professionally rebuilt heads for a great price (thanks Greg!).  Greg Berheim dropped me a line after I posted my craigslist Ad (wanted: engine heads).  He wrote that he had acquired a set of heads as part of an engine/parts buyout and didn’t have any use for them.

So, I drove over and met with Greg.  It turns out, Greg operates the Berheim Engine Machine Shop, a local engine shop in Meridian (208-870-1464), Idaho.  This information was especially interesting to me as Bob’s Mechanical had been bought out and most of the services moved about an hour away from me.

So, after spending time with Greg and him generously providing some advice and thoughts on my engine issues, I now know who to turn to if I need any additional work done (which I really hope I don’t need soon!!).  So, if you are in the Boise area and need some engine work done, check out Greg.

Tonight, I pulled the passenger-side head and will get the covers and intake cleaned up tomorrow.  I also carefully cleaned the surface of the heads, as the block facing surfaces had some light surface residue that needed to be removed. Saturday, I’ll put everything together and see if everything works!