Re: Sticking Valve
It has been a while since I posted last. Since my last posting I have pulled all the valves from the engine and looked at the valves and seats and all the valves and seats look very good. The only issue was one broken valve guide, on a cylinder that was not giving me any problems. The broken guide must have been installed wrong to begin with, but appears not to have been causing any issues.
I am going to have the valves ground anyway, since I have them out. I am thinking now that the problem must have been a leaking head gasket. I am going to see about removing the cam shaft and valve lifters and replace the lifters with adjustable lifters. Maybe a new timing gear as well. The distributor bearings had been running dry for quite a while, and there is a little play in the distributor shaft, so new bearings for that as well. I have not seen any other severe issues.
Will see what the bottom side looks and feels like this week end.
Chris
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