Re: The 1951 Patrician of Jim L. in OR

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2015/6/7 3:55:23

Not very much progress this week, mostly just thinking through what I'll need. Took a real hard look at the valves and seats as I rotated the engine by hand and felt encouraged by what I saw (or didn't see).

Found 4 examples of the valve lapping tool that Wes mentioned online at NAPA and reserved the 1 1/8 X 1 3/8 version with the textured plastic handle. It was even on sale! Will probably fire up the '55 and drive over to NAPA to pick it and some Lapping Compound up tomorrow.