The Dark Wob

Bum.

That one needs to be replaced. Gonna pull the rest out and see if any more are bad.

Phil

Was that one of the sticky ones?

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:20 pm Was that one of the sticky ones?

Nope. It just didn't seal properly. Go figure.


Phil

I can't think why that didn't seal properly...

Hooli wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:42 pm I can't think why that didn't seal properly...

Sad thing was it was sealing well enough to run- that cylinder was firing quite well.

Glad that your well on the way to having the Chieftain running properly.
Sad that the poor valves are such a mess.

Are replacement valves of decent quality easy to get ?

These are replacements, and they appear to be decent enough quality- just as with anything there may have been a bad one amongst them.

I'll find out more once I get the rest pulled out.

Phil

Pulled a bunch of valves out and cleaned them.
So far they're all straight and clean apart from no.7 exhaust so I'll just order a replacement and that'll get that sorted.

Phil

That's really wierd, how would you bend a valve on a side valve engine?

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:34 pm That's really wierd, how would you bend a valve on a side valve engine?

I really don't know. None of the other valves are bent, I'm guessing faulty manufacture.