"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
07/09/2017 at 13:45 • Filed to: None
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"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
07/09/2017 at 13:45 • Filed to: None | 7
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So i was putting the valves back in the jaguar’s head when one of the valve retainers was like “LOLBYE” and flew to Antarctica.
so naturally after spending an absurd amount of time looking for it I went on the internet to buy another one. Cost effective it would not be, considering i had 24 of them sitting in the engine of the parts car. But I
REALLY
didn’t want to pull another head. That’s when I remembered the MCM episode where they used compressed air to hold the valves up so they could change valve springs on the barra six cylinder.
organic motor oil
So after spending 10 minutes trying to fit the blow gun into the air hose only to find out a mud dauber had made a nest inside the fitting I was finally able to put my youtube knowledge to work, and it did work, beautifully.
happy little head with all the valves nice and retained
*naturally this whole process took two days because the british somehow still had that WWII stubbornness in the 80s*
Honeybunchesofgoats
> aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
07/09/2017 at 14:03 |
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This makes me feel really bad about proscratinating over replacing the valve gaskets in my Jag.
MM54
> aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
07/09/2017 at 14:17 |
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Another trick is to jam some rope in through the spark plug hole (as much as you can, of course leave some hanging out) and turn the engine by hand until it snugs up on that rope, which will hold the valve up for you. No need for compressed air and you can leave it like that as long as you want. When you’re done, pull the rope out.