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Article #98639

Re: More rebuild pix

#98639
From: Roger M
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:07
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Terry Coombs wrote:

> "Spunky the Tuna" <spunkythetuna@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns94C86B5CB2522spunkythetunabellsou@216.77.188.18...
> > "Terry  Coombs" <snagone@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > >   I'm having a ball ! I decided to do as much as I can myself , and
> > >   instead
> > > of putting money in someone else's pocket I'm putting tools in my shop
> >
> > That's great!  Best way to do things, in my opinion. That way you get
> > knowledge, you know what's in your engine, and you get to keep all the
> > tools.  Win, win, win.
> >
> > Not going to be of much help to you, 'cuz I kind of jumped from panheads
> to
> > evos without getting much involved in shovels, but I'm out here in the
> > distance cheering you on.
> >
> > --
> > Spunky the Tuna
> > AH62 BS69 SENS DOF#R LSMFT EIEIO PDQ op cit
> > the more hurry, the speed...
>
>   The cheers are much appreciated !
>   Well , I just made another investment in tooling . Finally tracked down a
> supplier of adjustable reamers so I ordered some . Getting 3 that go from
> 5/16 to 13/32 which should handle the majority of valve guides . These are
> imported tools , and I don't expect them to last a lifetime . But they
> should do the job at hand . Next on my list is an inexpensive seat grinder
> ...
>   As far as I can tell , valves is valves , whether they're in a mack truck
> or a moped . If you can do one , you can do them all - just a matter of
> scale . They all gotta slide and seal ...
>   My wife is so pissed ... I get *way* too into it when I start a project
> like this .
>



 You might try these guys,   http://www.klineind.com/index.htm    their tech
department can be damn helpful.
They may be able to set you up with an inexpensive tool to cut your seats.



 Roger

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