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We've got a Hunter H111 alignment rack. I teach high school auto shop. I inerited this and the old teacher came by one day and gave me a 15 minute...
I should update that other thread. Just for peace of mind we pulled the motor and had out machinist do the valve seats. He said most were off...
I didn't even know these existed! Excellent. I just ordered some 3" wide velcro tape, but I may need these too.
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Yup Wizzard, you should be familiar with my kids at this point from our older posts. Sadly I'm working with many kids who struggle with reading...
Hey All, So, we think we figured out our motor issues on our 49 Ford. The seat upholstery is almost done and now I am looking at the door...
So, we're going to pull the motor out and get back to the basics. We didn't want to, but we've got to figure this out. If we get new battery...
In case it was missed, our valves are NOT seating. So, we are left with grinding the seats again (engine in the car?) or if regrinding the valves...
No adjustable lifters. We went through and ground everything to spec. All of the lash looks good. That I can confirm.
Yes they were. So for the flathead are the seats supposed to be a 46? Valves a 46? The old green manual says 45 for both, so that's what we did....
Hmm, now I need to dig through stuff and look.
Sadly the seats were done like 3 years ago, so I cannot verify what happened. We'd have to borrow a new pilot tool. We borrowed the last one. Both...
Well, it's been a while... We lapped the valves. They looked great, in my humble opinion, but when it went back together, we still had no...
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