Remanufactured Head (ebay), Need you all experts advise Options

[msk59]

In the near future, I plan on redoing the valves etc on the head and came across some ebay sites that sells remanufactured heads. all work done with cams etc for under $300. Engine is 7A-FE and my car is 1996 Celica ST (AT-200) with manual transmission.

What is your experience with these heads and what advise you can give me that can help me decide.

Thank You
MSK

This post has been edited by msk59: Jun 13, 2014 - 8:09 AM

[Special_Edy]

Three angle valve job; lap the valves in; check the tolerances on the camshafts journals, camshaft lobes, reshim the valves, replace the valve seals, check the valve guides; check the head for cracks and resurface if necessary

[Langing]

Three angle valve job; lap the valves in; check the tolerances on the camshafts journals, camshaft lobes, reshim the valves, replace the valve seals, check the valve guides; check the head for cracks and resurface if necessary

Muchas gracias! With that helpful info I can finally relate to what's going on.

You've done this before, right? Did you do most of it by yourself (DIY) or did you farm out the whole job? Or have you done it more than once?

With 16 valves, I would think that work could take a person a while to finish? Would it be true that most anyone mechanically inclined who has the right tools and is reasonably careful could do that job, with the exception of resurfacing, since that's the only task that requires expensive equipment, or do most of those tasks require expensive equipment? And how about cleaning all those parts, wouldn't that be a monster chore?

If an unskilled person, a DIY guy, just had the hots for taking an engine apart to rebuild it all by himself, wanted to get himself a salvage engine from a junkyard, would you try real hard to discourage him? Or would you stay silent and wait for him to fail?

For how many months would he have to reserve the garage to do this?