[TPR] Block and heads

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Picked it all, will inspect tonight.

Turns out, ALL the Intake valves on my heads were slightly out of  
whack.  One was so far out they had to replace it but they surmised  
(correctly as it would be) that they all probably hit the tops of the  
pistons.  Gee, and I only thought ONE was bent 10 years ago from that.  
  Turns out they -all- were, just not badly like the one.  They were  
able to true the rest of them up, replaced a couple of valve guides,  
new seals and they are ready to go.

The shop was very impressed with these heads.  Told me they had some  
of the best valves you could get at that time (10 years ago), the  
heads were in great shape and they want to see the Pantera when it's  
done.  :)

They painted them Ford Blue though.... not sure I'll follow that  
through.  I was leaning toward hot Pink.

Asa Jay

Quoting asajay at asajay.com:

> Block is ready, cleaned, brushed and all specs checked.  Everything is
> within factory specs (except cylinders which are 0.030 over).  Deck is
> within specs as well.
>
> Crank is polished and they say it's in good shape, good specs.
> All for about $60.  I'll be picking it up Monday.
>
> The heads are costing me $256 to get back.
> They did a total refresh, clean, new seals, check specs, etc.
> They found one bent valve.  That actually surprised me.  I checked all
> the pushrods and they were fine.  It took them a few days to find a
> like-for-like replacement valve.
>
> The valves I have in the heads are one piece stainless with a flat
> face.  Apparently from what they told me, they were made originally by
> Sealed Power.  They have a -flat- face on them.  That was the problem.
>   All one-piece valves they get today are dished, not flat.  They
> found one though and got me all set up.  I'm hoping to pick them up
> this afternoon.
>
> Asa Jay
>
>
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