wont idle
#74
Senior Member
EXPERT BUILDER
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 263
im going to go threw the whole thing
i know there should be some play but there is ALOT in a couple of these guides,
im takin the heads to the machine shop tommarrow to get new giudes installed and another valve job done
thanx so much to yall who helped me figure this thing out
i know there should be some play but there is ALOT in a couple of these guides,
im takin the heads to the machine shop tommarrow to get new giudes installed and another valve job done
thanx so much to yall who helped me figure this thing out
#78
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RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,137
You said this engine had 1200 miles on it...and you say ANOTHER valve job,so I assume you had the valves ground when you built the engine...How did they not know the guides were bad ?Hard to imagine any competant machine shop doing a valve job on a set of heads with worn out guides.