After losing a head gasket on my 1988 2.6L I came to this forum, which has been relatively helpful. But I cannot find any mention of Mitsubishi special tool MB 998443, some clips which the Haynes manual says you need to keep the hydraulic lifters in the rocker arms when you remove them.
This is a special order $65 set of clips which I will hopefully never need again. Are they necessary?
The original head was replaced after another overheat a few years ago, probably with one of the repro heads. It is flat within 0.004", but not 0.002 as specified in the Haynes manual. Would anyone just run it, or is another replacement head needed?
Looking at replacement heads. the reasonably priced ones seem to be made by ITS somewhere in Asia, using "OEM materials", whatever that means. Most reports are that they are OK, but with assembled heads you just never know, so I am hoping I can just switch over the valve train to a new bare head. Of course this means checking all the valves, guides, and seals, and probably more than a few $ in machine work.
Thoughts?
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