Re: Valve Bay Surprise

Posted by Packard Don On 2016/1/6 17:33:10

I don't think there's a forum here for owners who are not firing on all cylinders or otherwise I would have posted there. Sorry to repeat what everyone already knows but I didn't see it mentioned in several posts about valve work and I've been away from my cars for almost three decades until recently when I finally built a shop that accommodates them with room to actually work! I'm just trying to catch up so my apologies.

As a journeyman prototype machinist, I made my own gauge but I don't recall if it was for my 1954 Patrician or the 327s in my '51 and '52 Henney-Packards or 1953 Patrician, but I think the latter. I never owned a 356. At the time, if these were available, I couldn't find one and making it to very close tolerance was quite easy in the shop where I worked.