Haha, well, who knows what sort of nightmare I'll run into along the way. But I kept after the offending valve and finally got it. I'll wait for the beefier tool to get the rest, but here's how it all checks out.
- original valves still in the engine, they clean up pretty nicely. Not tons and tons of carbon. Very little play in the valve guide
- I suspect the lifter plunger was indeed just dirty, and the check ball wasn't, well, checking. Looking forward to cleaning all these.
- not a lot of pitting around the valves
Productive night!
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