I agree totally. This head has been abused, whether due to overheating, excessive pinging/knocking, being run out of oil or whatever. For whatever reason, the 82's seemed to be susceptible to cams seizing in the heads. SOme kind of oiling problem corrected with better oil galleys in later units.
Buy a good used head for about $100-150 and no worries. Any later head will work.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 234K, '82 245T/M46-182K, '89 244DL/AW70- 212K Not too distant past: 86 244DL 215K, 87 244DL 239K, 88 744GLE 233K, 88 244GL 147K, 91 244 183K
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