"Joe S" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Some metal debris (I don't yet know source....perhaps a valve guide
> disintegrated? Will know more tonight.) has resulted in a couple
> hundred dings on the head for that cylinder. Some I would even call
> gashes.
>
> Before I bother to take it to a machine shop, I thought I'd ask if I
> should bother to take it to a machine shop. (-;

I'd take it to the machine shop. Perhaps they can weld it. At the least they'll
let you know what is feasible or not