Re: 1940 Super 8

Posted by todd landis On 2024/5/14 18:23:22

Yep, tell me about it. If you see my earlier posts and pictures. I am just finishing up a valve job. Last time I did this was around ten years ago and approximately 2000 miles. Even when I did not drive it regularly would go out and run the engine for around fifteen minutes. Also would occasionally use some Marvel Mystery in the gas. With todays gasoline it did not seem to work. A few of the valves had to be pried, tapped down, and up again many times to get them out of the valve sleeve. Let this be a warning to all of you about driving a lot and be very weary of today's gasoline. When I would get gasoline there are two very busy stations near me, one Sinclair, and the other Standard, would get from both, so neither seemed to make any difference as far as keeping the valve train ungunked. The oil gets changed every few hundred miles give or take, so everything there seems ok. Thanks all.