I cheaped out and had the head welded. I have had great luck with the repair so far. when I did the work I also replaced most of the cooling system (pump, t-stat hoses, radiator and new MB coolant)

thumbs up here so far!

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Dean

Not even close.
I have revived technical threads from 1999.

So thats how you get to over 6,000 posts.

So far so good???

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!