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Order of installing sealed valve guide components?
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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 119049" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>Hi Martyn,</p><p>I have to agree with Russ. I don't know what it's like where he is but if it doesn't say Chevrolet, Ford, or H-D shops don't want to know about doing head work here for the most part. When I needed new seats in my MG I had to source the seats myself and buy an over sized cutter and pay to have it ground to size for the shop, who kept the cutter. I also had to install the guides myself as they are a set height and they had no idea how to do that even after I told them and made a tool. When I needed new seats in my '72 Triumph Daytona head the shop I took it too held on to for 2 months. They kept pushing it to the back because they claimed they couldn't find seats. I think they were just scared. I finally sent it to the Cylinder Head shop in England to do it. That was before MAP Cycle in Florida could do the job. Now that I have a vertical mill at my disposal I would rather do it myself. At least if I screw it up I know who to blame and I don't have to listen to how it's someone else's fault not theirs.</p><p>That's why when you posted the article on how Maugan do the job I very much appreciated it. It told me what was important to datum off of to do the job properly.</p><p>Steven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 119049, member: 1632"] Hi Martyn, I have to agree with Russ. I don't know what it's like where he is but if it doesn't say Chevrolet, Ford, or H-D shops don't want to know about doing head work here for the most part. When I needed new seats in my MG I had to source the seats myself and buy an over sized cutter and pay to have it ground to size for the shop, who kept the cutter. I also had to install the guides myself as they are a set height and they had no idea how to do that even after I told them and made a tool. When I needed new seats in my '72 Triumph Daytona head the shop I took it too held on to for 2 months. They kept pushing it to the back because they claimed they couldn't find seats. I think they were just scared. I finally sent it to the Cylinder Head shop in England to do it. That was before MAP Cycle in Florida could do the job. Now that I have a vertical mill at my disposal I would rather do it myself. At least if I screw it up I know who to blame and I don't have to listen to how it's someone else's fault not theirs. That's why when you posted the article on how Maugan do the job I very much appreciated it. It told me what was important to datum off of to do the job properly. Steven [/QUOTE]
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