#6 Valve seat gave me the big you're #1 salute at the buck May 8th. Here are the pics...

 

**** dude that sucks sorry to hear that!

 

Man oh man that does suck. Sorry.

 

Hey at least it is smiling at you while it is giving you the #1 salute.

 

I just hope I remember how everything went back together. Haha

 

Don't you mean how everything came apart so you can put it back together? Unless you already put it back together? I know with that mess that you have in the garage I would be worried also.

 

Sorry to see the damage Eric.
So did you pull the engine or do it in truck? Good luck with the build.

 

Pulled the engine.

Travis - It was late. haha Still in pieces.

 

Is the truck still for sale?

 

How bad is the wall on #6? Need bored or just honed?

 

A light hone will clean it up, it barely catches a nail, if you did not know what you were looking for you would never even see it.

 

if no machine work is needed on the block, then it a relatively easy fix. i can ask around, i might know where there are some 12v heads.

 

Head is re-usable according to Eric yesterday. It is up at Mumau Diesel.

 

Jeff said his machine shop shouldnt have a problem re-seating the valves so I was lucky and can reuse my head. I just wish the shop he uses could weld and machine the seats so I would have to never worry about it again but he assured me he has never had a problem with dipping the seats in liquid nitrogen to get a tight fit. Hopefully he is right because I would be cool with never having to do this again.

 

Eric, we install all out valve seats at work the same way Jeff is installing yours. They go through many start ups , run time, rapid cool downs, and we have not droped a valve seat yet. We let them soak in liquid nitrogen for about 30min each then beat them in with a hammer.