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Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head? pfarber #950231 06/13/2013 9:57 PM
Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,232 Lee's Summit Mo. 64086 J Joe H 'Bolter
Joe H 'Bolter J Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,232 Lee's Summit Mo. 64086	Its very common to replace guides in heads. It can be repaired pretty easy at any decent machine shop. A head with new guides should have the seats cut so the center of the guide is centered in the seats. Joe 1937 Chevrolet Inline-powered Streetrod

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Broken valve guide (half still in the head)... fix or scrap head?	pfarber	06/13/2013 7:36 PM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	Bolter2	06/13/2013 8:02 PM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	3B	06/13/2013 8:05 PM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	pfarber	06/13/2013 8:18 PM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	Joe H	06/13/2013 9:57 PM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	brokenhead	06/14/2013 7:35 AM
Re: Broken vavle guide... fix or scrap head?	Squire	06/14/2013 10:26 AM

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