Re: 51 Patrician - Advice on next step

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2013/8/31 17:16:56

The Packard owner I mentioned is an auto mechanic, the valves and valve seats were ground with the engine in the car. I don't know if the guy from the machine shop came to his house or if he towed the car to the machine shop to grind the valve seats and if necessary, knurl or replace the valve guides. The valves themselves, you could take to the machine shop in a shoe box.

If I were taking the engine apart I would put each valve, valve spring, keeper etc in a Zip lock bag and label it (#1 intake valve) etc.

You will need a special valve spring compressor to remove the valves from a flathead.