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Need help fast valve shim

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    Lmao typo
     
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    Ya I did thanks though
     
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    She looked pretty good in Heat, with Pacino and DeNiro.
     
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    She is the girl next door type, not drop dead good looking.
     
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    Leaving Ashley Judd aside for a minute, if the valve seats on that pot look good, and I mean good, you may be able to reuse the head. The thing to do, once its all cleaned up is to take a ball pein hammer and peed down the lumps around the gouges, slowly and carefully. Then inspect it, if it looks ok, pull the other valves to check they're OK (you haven't spent any money yet right?)
    If everything checks out OK, have the head skimmed - should cost 30 dollars max - this is just a precaution, and not to remove all the marks - they don't matter. Then look for a good used piston and a pair of valves. You might have to buy a set of pistons, but so what, better than forking out for new ones, and there still seems to be plenty of used spares in the states.
    You will need to get a tickling stick and valve lapping paste, lap in the valves to check the seating - might as well do them all while you're in there, but it will mean redoing your valve shims.
    It all sounds a lot of work, but as someone said it's simple stuff and easy if you take it step by step. Don't give up!
     
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