Stuck valve is out…

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The valve looks so innocent sitting there.  But it took a bit of work to get there.After two days of soaking with penetrating oil the valve is still stuck tight.  Looks like the head will have to come off.

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First step is the exhaust manifold.  That was surprisingly easy to get loose.  Good think I already ordered a complete gasket set, because there is another one to replace.

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With the manifold out of the way the head bolts were next.  No problems there except I sort of forgot to drain the water out of the block first so I made a bit of a mess.

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I borrowed a valve spring compressor from the parts store and removed the valve spring (duh).

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The valve was really stuck in there.  I eventually tapped it out with a brass drift and a hammer.  There was nothing obvious about the valve to cause it to be sticking so the guide seems like the logical suspect.

 

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The guides look like they have been knurled to me.

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I think that whoever rebuilt these heads did not press in iron or bronze valve guides but instead cut a spiral grove into the guide then reamed it out.  I suspect that this intake valve was not reamed quite enough.  I am not an expert here though so I think I am going to take the head to the machine shop see what they think.

In the meanwhile I can start cleaning up.   Lots of dirty hardware to clean

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That’s better.

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I cleaned the lifters and pushrods on the other bank of cylinders and reassembled them with engine assembly lube.

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I then re-installed the rocker arms and torqued them down.

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I cleaned and repainted the intake manifold and valve covers too.  Shiny!

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