I haven't gotten it checked. On first glance it doesn't look cracked but it may be. Previous owner said it overheated so he replaced the fan clutch. It overheated on me twice and pegged the temp above 120c.

Head gasket looked blown 1-5 on the passenger side and 6 at the rear.

To be clear and make sure I understand correctly, cam was pointing down because the engine has 2 tdc and it was on the btdc? Putting the head back on and the cam pointing down the way it was when I took it off, and rotating balancer another 360 degrees will bring both the motor and cam to tdc? Right now #1 and #6 are both at top. I

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1987 300 SDL
2000 E320 Wagon