Head Rebuild questions

[Baddog]

So my girlfriends 92 EJ22 decided to give up on the headgaskets. So I am going to put new ones on and do cam seals and all the timing belt parts.

Couple questions. When I pull the heads off I am going to have them resurfaced and if there are any bad vavles in there I am going to replace them.

Should I just replace the bad valves if there are any? Or should I just do all of them with new seals and keepers/retainers?

Also what is a list of parts that I should do in the heads? I tried to look on google and never found anything solid.

[anothernord]

Definitely get the valves adjusted while you're in there. The lifters are notorious for ticking after a while.

[Baddog]

Has HLA's.

What I meant for parts are what do I need to do for a full headrebuild?
Valves
Valve Seals
Valve retainers

What else?

[Reason]

Why don't you just buy used heads? For the money into a stock ej22 I don't think its worth it. Id sell you my old heads but they are high mileage.

[chuckthefuk]

headgasket failure wont ruin your valvetrain..

If the motor has been overheated your heads could be warped..

I know lots of "backyard mechanics" who just sand the heads by hand and just slap on the H/G and off they go..

I never do this but again if you can afford $600 for cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn out items like "lockers/collets/keepers" and a good ol' decking.. then backyard special is the way to go..

Reason has a point.. its an EJ22... just find a low mileage wreck in the junkyard and go nuts :-D

-Chuck

[Baddog]

Sounds good :)

Thanks guys