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[QUOTE="cowasucky, post: 1357912, member: 103270"]
Today was a good day !!!! I had ordered 2 head gaskets so I had an extra. So here's what I did..... I pulled the studs and soaked them in Navel Jelly for about 2hrs and they were like new again. I screwed 'em back in. I taped some 400 sandpaper to an old bathroom mirror and rubbed the head in a figure 8 to make sure it was flat and it surprisingly looked damn good. So I put the gasket on, took my time carefully torquing the head down as close to perfect as I'm capable of doing, put everything back together and filled her up with coolant. I waited for an hour or so to see if coolant would seep out like last time, but it didn't.  So I rolled her out to the street and kicked her off and I'll be damned if I saw 2 maybe 3 quick puffs of smoke and that was it !!!! It rode better than ever and no smoke. As far as why it wouldn't go in neutral..... I don't know ???? But it hasn't done it again, however I'll continue to investigate. Thanks for everything !!!! You guys kept me sane and moving forward...... Thanks again !!!!!
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