Posted by HWooldridge on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 at 11:02AM :
In Reply to: A question from the unexpierenced: posted by New Guy on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 at 6:57PM :
Pull the head and briefly spin the engine with the starter. Any valves that stick can be sprayed with WD40 or similar penetrant. Tap them back down with a dead blow or soft face hammer. Keep doing this until everything is free, then reinstall the head with a new gasket. I had a 4 cylinder Linde arc welder we had to do this on periodically due to the valves sticking. Works fine.