Hey Mr Peek. Glad to see that you are still making rat rod videos, ive been watching your channel since i was 16 and im almost 30 now lol. You are partially to blame for my love of all things mechanical! And Btw you got one of the coolest Garages/Shop ever.
Thanks for letting me know xXX. Darned glad to have you here with me in the Rat Rod garage. So what you're saying is that I'm partially responsibe for your infection with the mechanical bug. Okay then, I'll roll with that. Looking forward to whatever comes next and delighted to have you company. 'preciate it.
Nice work!! I’ve never used that trick but will be adding it to my bag-o-tricks now! I usually use compressed air. I give the retainer a couple lights whacks with a soft faced hammer to loosen the keepers from the retainers before trying to compress the spring but that doesn’t always work so this will now be my backup procedure for those pesky ones!!
I did this on my 2.0 pinto. Bring the piston up to TDC, then bring piston back down like 1 inch, I used a drinking straw in the plug hole to help feed the small rope into the hole, fill it up with rope WORKS GREAT, when it's full, rotate the eng to squish it good, do 1 at a time till done.
Hello I'm wandering if you need to do valve adjustment on hydraulic lifters after valve seal replacement my Haynes manual doesn't say.i don't think new valve seals would change the clearance but I'm not sure .
Yes you do need to readjust the valves but on a Chevy it's easy. You can do it with the engine running. In fact, it's never a bad idea to readjust the valves on a Chevy if you want it to run best.
Thanks for teaching us this method, is it okay to put the o rings first and then springs? I read somewhere that it can damage o rings so you should compress the spring first and then put o ring and then keepers...not sure about it . God bless
I know this post was a year ago but just in case you are still checking the comments. My 2003 dodge caravan only smoke when you park it and idle for about 5 or 10 minutes and then rev it , thats when the bluish white smoke come out. It doesn’t seem to smoke during start up . Would this be still the valve seals being worn out?
We use a 1/2" deep well socket,place open end squarely on top of spring around locks.Hold firmly and smack it hard with a mallet and those locks will pop free.
Hey bro, 2 more cents worth. If you think about it, the intake valve seals are way more important and likely to be your problem than the exhaust valve seals, as the exhaust valves are never open during an intake cycle.
Cover the oil drain back holes. Valves keepers have “eyes” and next you will be removing the intake. Those valve spring tools have been around since the 40’s and before. My dad had a well used one in our garage in the 50’s
All you need to do is be sure the piston in the cylinder you're working on is close to tdc. The valves can't fall this way. I've replaced valve seals like this more than a few times, no messing with rope or air or anything other than the engine parts themselves. Work smarter, not harder.
@@lazarusrize Probably assuming the piston deck height is sufficient to hold the valve. That's not always the case. If the valve drops too far, don't panic you can use one of those telescoping small round magnets on a stick found in some multi-tool screwdrivers, or a magnetic screwdriver might work, to grab it and pull it back up, then go ahead and insert some rope/air/whatever in the bore to hold it so you can reinstall everything. Don't go after it with pliers! If you score the valve stem you'll have another set of issues.
Well ain'tchoo clever! So..the old dope on a rope trick eh? I've never seed that before..you said you didn't want to turn it wif the starter.. an interesting get that..but reckon could a feller just prize on the flywheel gently and turner over attaway?
Yes because you could turn it back. I can't get a screwdriver on my flywheel because the bell housing covers all the teeth. I can't turn it with the bolt on the front of the harmonic balancer because it's only threaded in about 3/4'th of and inch and if I turn it counter clockwise it'll unscrew. Mornin' cutie pie.
@@rpeek yessir I heard you say that bout the bolt.. I wuz just thinking for future reference if I had one with the starter off cuz that's an awesome trick with the rope..good stuff Mister!
Well said to myself shut up and stop making comments on another mans channel. Well I don't even listen to myself it seems. One way to free up the keepers is after you remove the rocker arms give them a smash with a hammer and 5/8 socket to loosen them up. In all my (sbc) chevy rebuilds, I used 302 ford valve seals, never had a smoker I know, I will sit at the back of the class now lol
First mistake is ya got a Chevy engine. I came up with that rope trick at least 40 years ago because the only options were pumping air into the cylinder, which I didn't trust, or remove the head (really time consuming). Worked real good till now. Got 6' of 1/4" poly rope in the cylinder and it barely holds 1 valve.
I stuck a screwdriver in and woggled it around to get it to work on both... Far as the Chevy engine mistake, I've done my time on all the others and have earned the right.. Thanks for visiting.
Naw. I don't take just any old advice that people throw out, especially uninvited. So I'll give you some. Don't offer un asked for opinions. Have an awesome day, if you feel like it. Otherwise don't. You get to choose.
u have to tap on the valve spring retainer on all 4 sides with a hammer to break loose the keepers from thier position on the valve , then compresses the spring to remove the valve stem keepers.
