Questions tagged [valve-guide]

I have a Toyota owner Jeep. Had a blown head gasket, most likely cause it got over heated. I removed the head and had machine shop do a valve job and had the head re-surfaced, put together, set the valves to the spec's called for, no problem till…

I've done some valve guide replacements on motorcycles. In the process I've typically done I heat the head up in an oven to about 300 F and shoot nitrogen into the guide which shrinks it and it nearly just falls out of the head sometimes. I've…

I bought a '42 SnoGo last fall (with a newer flathead in it, an 8RT) that had sat unused for some time, at least fifteen years. Well, you just can't do that here in Alaska and hope to get away with it. With 150°F temperature swings between seasons,…