vin 774 Valley Of Death...

[Nick774]

Hey everyone. Im begining to disassemble the engine and here is where im at so far. 1074010739107421074110743

As you can see, the last valve #6 has a crack in the lip and someone had tried to cut and wedge the o-ring to create a "seal". after removing everything from the valley I had the pleasure of scooping out atleast a gallons worth of dirt, mud, leaves, and a few socket bits left in there from someones marvelous handy work. I plan to have a new set of heads ordered from speacial-T as I can imagine mine will need a full rebuild. Any thoughts?

[cdrusn]

Hey everyone. Im begining to disassemble the engine and here is where im at so far. 1074010739107421074110743

As you can see, the last valve #6 has a crack in the lip and someone had tried to cut and wedge the o-ring to create a "seal". after removing everything from the valley I had the pleasure of scooping out atleast a gallons worth of dirt, mud, leaves, and a few socket bits left in there from someones marvelous handy work. I plan to have a new set of heads ordered from speacial-T as I can imagine mine will need a full rebuild. Any thoughts?


When you said #6 has a crack in the lip I originally thought you were talking about the valve itself which would require taking the head off. From what I can see it is just the sealing lip between the intake and the head. My thoughts would be to put some expensive sealant either on top of the "O" ring or leave the "O" ring off all together and just put a large bead on the lip so it seals the head to the intake. I would use "right stuff" available at great expense ($20+ per tube) at almost any auto parts store. I've used it for many projects that greatly resisted just replacing a gasket and it works like nothing else I've ever tried. I really don't see this chip as a big deal as long as you can seal outside air from getting in around the sealing area. There is no water at that point just air and fuel mixture. You don't need new rebuilt heads unless you have a lot of money to burn or your valves were in bad shape to begin with.

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