I posted the part number. Be creative at mounting the dial indicator. If you were able to remove the intake valves without de=burring the keeper grooves, most likely the guides are worn. If the guides are oval at all, they are shot. The scrapers are held in place with only friction and they do fail at any sign of engine overheating. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Pascal Giasson Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:35 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question Denis, only one of my heads had the seal washers on the intake valve, but I could not find the part number on ETKA so I assumed that they were not OE. Do you have a part number for those? None of my other 5 heads had them. Also, what keeps it in place on the valve stem? To check for the valve guide wear, do I just push the valve stem until the enc of teh stem it is flush with the guide and measure the movement of the valve "head"? Any suggestions/tricks on how to measure that movement without the VW tool shown in the Bentley? I have that dial measuring tool but I do not have the attachement to mount it to the head. Thanks Pascal '84 Westy |
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