| ticker | -- 01-19-2011 @ 7:28 PM |
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Any one ever use a valve guide seal on two piece valve guides?This is in a 38 mdl engine It has [one]one piece valve guide in it. Neither one has a seal.... Any ideas
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| supereal | -- 01-20-2011 @ 11:45 AM |
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At our shop we use the one piece valve guides with straight stem valves. In addition, we cut a second seal groove on the guide. This conversion requires adjustable lifters, of course, and we put in new valve seats. This brings the valve train up to the 8BA standards. In all, this isn't a cheap job, but when you have the engine apart, it is the best time to improve it. Most two piece guides are worn enough to merit replacement, and adding a seal probably isn't worth the effort. If you have only a single one piece guide and valve, I suspect someone did a quicky fix.
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| 37RAGTOPMAN | -- 01-21-2011 @ 4:21 PM |
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The first time FORD used valve seal was in 1954 on the 239 V8 OVERHEAD VALVE ENGINE, and also on there 6 cylinder OVERHEAD VALVE ENGINE also, do not worry they do not need the seals,, been driving my 37 since 1979 and does not smoke. my cents worth 37 RAGTOPMAN
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| 51f1 | -- 01-22-2011 @ 7:50 AM |
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I think this topic is a little confused. The original post was talking about valve guide seals. They were used on '48-'53 model 8BA/8RT engines on the intake guides to seal the guide to the block. The valve stem seals were on the 215 and 223 cu. in. 6 cylinder OHV engines starting in 1952. The 1954 239 and 256 cu. in. OHV V-8s (Y-8s) also had valve stem seals. Richard
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