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Old 06 December 2008, 12:46 PM
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started work on some heads i have and have noticed some damage around the valve seats. does this mean my casting is useless??

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re seat ur valves
Old 06 December 2008, 03:26 PM
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He means: recut the valve seats and reface the valves and lap the valves in again properly.

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Old 06 December 2008, 03:31 PM
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lol, thanks, not the most technical person
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does that mean using grinding pastes and stick to twist the valves??

looks like summit was in the cylinder and has been hitting the head

i do have other casts that i could strip and use??
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it does look more like the metal around the valve seats than the seats themselves
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yeah its around the seat itself thats damaged, the heads have been run like this as it was all covered in soot and i only noticed the damage after i started cleaning the heads
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