Sami says, >> I *DIDN'T* check the condition of my valves on my '77 dual port >> and it dropped a valve head on number 3 when I was 250 miles >> from home. The >> engine ran perfectly though for the 8 months up to this point. >> Don't want to scare you but I would thoroughly check the engine >> if you're going on a long trip. > >How do you check for valve fatigue without taking the thing apart? I >know a repeatedly tight valve is a sign, but what else? TIA! I guess there's no easy way. You could pull the heater boxes so that you can seen the valve stems down the exhaust ports - I don't think inlet valves ever break, do they? But while your doing that you may as well pull the heads if they've never been rebuilt, valves are very cheap! Lee.
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