Date:         Tue, 26 May 2009 09:56:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
Comments: To: Zoltan <thewestyman@gmail.com>
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Thanks Zoltan, that's really good to know.

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Zoltan <thewestyman@gmail.com> wrote:

> One important fact I learned from Bob, was that the AMC heads have loose
> keepers.  The two halves meet each other to touch, thus grabbing the valve
> stem, being loose, they travel up and down until they break through the
> grooves and the valve free to move deeper inside and then operated by the
> piston to have it pushed up.
> So, the first thing I recomment to anyone I meet is to have the keepers
> ground at their sides until they don't touch each other.
> Bob was very happy with the AMC heads and tossed the old ones for their
> metal fatigue.  In his experience, it was not worth chancing all the
> troubles by putting the old ones back.
> He liked the better material the AMC heads are made of.
> So, the keepers must be fixed first.
> Zoltan
>



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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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