Howdy you lot,
You may recall I've been having a compression problem with my '72
'B. First, let me say thanks for all your advice! It's been an enormous
help. I finally had some time to pull the head off today, and sure
enough, the smaller of the two valves head, on #3, has a fairly large
chunk out of it. I presume it's the exhaust valve. So, it looks like I
need to, at the very least, replace that valve.
Having said that, I shall now shamelessly ask for more! The
pistons have a black crusty carbon like deposit sitting in the concavities
(this isn't just a carbon layer, I mean chunks of stuff). Ought I to
clean that crap off some how?
At least one of you recommended I have the head tanked. What is
that, where do I have it done, and about what does it run? There's quite
a lot of the same carbon crusties on the head's valve recess areas,
especially in #3's. The water passages are pretty slimy too.
I don't currently have one of the nifty valve spring tools shown
in my Haynes, where does one get one (hopefully locally)?
My plan is to just work on the head and let the rings go until
next summer. Is it wise to rebuild the head now, or should I just replace
the one broken valve and rebuild it with the engine? I'm thinking hard
about one of the no lead valve kits, such as from VB. Is there any mail
order house out there with cheaper prices? I've got Moss' and Victoria's
catalogs, which are comparable, but I'd like to be sure I'm getting the
best deal out there (yeah, I'm pretty cheap right now, but I quite like
eating in a regular fashion:).
When I'm actually ready to work on the head, are there any things
I need to do that aren't mentioned in the Haynes owner manual? I'm
guessing that I need to grind the new valve(s) to seat them properly, but
I'm not sure. Someone mentioned using a drill to try to free carbon off
#3 before I removed the head...can I do this same kind of thing when
grinding the valve heads to fit the seats (using a polishing compound)?
Thanks again for all your help, it has been much appreciated!
-Scott Allen
js-allen@students.uiuc.edu
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