Chinese Heads?????

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    Anyone ever pull the head off and find MADE IN CHINA in the casting????

    We are having a battle with one of our vendors over a head that was supposed to be port/polished on the exhaust side and then shipped to the customer. Well, its been on the truck about 6-8 months and he stripped out 2 of the rocker arm bolt in the head. So, he pulled the head and found MADE IN CHINA in the casting.

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    Basically, The customer and I are in the position to say that Cummins DID NOT use Chinese heads on North American motors. Anyone know otherwise?

    The Vendor claims to have pulled the head off a 99 2500. Now, he also claims there were some issues with the head and he had to send it to another machine shop. The customer mentioned when he received the head that the Port/Polish work looked a little shotty. I think a switch was made at the other machine shop myself, but will never be able to prove that. I really just need to know if anyone else has ever heard of a Cummins with the original head having a China stamp on it.
     

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