Re: Exhaust heat control valve

Posted by Jim Kavanagh On 2018/4/23 16:24:04

I now have the head off. As I thought, the engine has been recently gone through as everything is clean and really showing no wear - pistons, valves, etc. Maybe a few thousand miles on the rebuild. Nice brass head gasket came off fully intact, i wonder if i should re-use it instead of the new one?

I started this to repair a noisy hydralic lifter. (I have a '52 250, which has the 200 engine with hydralic lifters - it has the "H" on the block) I believe I can remove the valves and bring the hydralic take up assembly out through the lifter chamber, leaving the tappet body in the engine, replacing just the hydralic assembly. In doing so, I shouldn't need to do a take-up adjustment as i am not planning on resurfacing the valves, they just don't need it.

Is this correct, or will I need to pull the cam shaft and drop the entire assembly out the bottom of the block?