Posted by Eric B. on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 11:49AM :
In Reply to: stuck valve ideas? posted by Howard in Newcastle on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 10:05AM :
First I used PB blaster, which I think does a better job on this sort of thing them MMO.
I used a good sized wooden mallet, which gave a decent hit without damaging anything.
I then had a helper turn the engine over and I only hit the valve when I knew the lifter for that valve was down (by looking at the other valves).
I had 4 stuck valves, and I had to keep knocking them down because the engine would push them back up and they would stick again.
After a few minutes of lube and pounding on the valve, all 4 worked just fine.
I did soak the valves in PB blaster for a day first, with two or three applications.
Good luck!
Eric