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and thanks again, KlausC

the ol' wagon is currently a smoker at traffic lights and i assume this is the valve seals. it smokes warm or cold as it idles, upon takeoff it looks like its running clean. it drinks a quart for every tank of gas in town, but if i'm highway driving it's a quart every 4~5 tanks.

i have an uncle willing to help me rebuild the head, he has a shop where he works on everything from large tractors to cars and lawnmowers. I'm wondering if there is any merit to picking up another head off a salvage lot and re-working that one so i wont have to disable the car for long?

at this point i feel like i'm all-in for better or worse. the last time i looked so closely at something over more than a weekend or two i ended up married! i have seen every bit of this car except inside the block, the ol' black wagon is mine, and i'm hers.
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-woodsy; 280k 1995 850 wagon;