On 8/29/2013 6:30 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 8/27/2013 9:13 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 8/27/2013 6:39 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 8/27/2013 4:58 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 8/27/2013 1:12 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 8/27/2013 1:43 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
I never tried this, but the tip says if you have a stripped Phillips
screw, you can put a rubber band between the tip and the screw to
help
remove it.
Good idea?
Coarse valve grinding compound works better, if you have some handy.
nate
The supply houses were selling a squeeze tube of a grease like compound
that had grit in it and was meant to allow a damaged Phillips head
screw
to be removed easily without the driver slipping. ^_^
TDD
That sounds like... exactly the same stuff 
Can't blame them though, as your typical FLAPS probably doesn't sell
valve grinding compound anymore as hand-lapping valves is pretty much an
obsolete procedure. I think I picked up a little tin at an automotive
swap meet ages ago and still have most of it.
nate
I believe modern engines have hardened valve seat inserts in the heads
to resist wear since the lead additive, which would lubricate the valve
seats, has been taken out of gasoline. Of course you must have valve
seat inserts in aluminum heads but I think even iron heads need them
with today's unleaded fuels containing ethanol. I don't think good old
valve lapping compound with the rubber stoppered hand lapping tool would
work on the newfangled hardened valve seats. ^_^
TDD
Some of us still have oooooold cars!
You could chuck up your suction cup on a stick into an old eggbeater
hand drill, or even a small cordless, if you wanted to make the job go
faster
nate
I wish I had my 64 Valiant and 65 Dart with the Slant Six and automatic
transmission. I even had a full sized 63 Dodge with a 225 Slant Six and
the darn big old hunk of steel would get up and go. I also had a 64
Dodge cab over engine pickup, the pickup made on the van chassis with
the cab forward and engine between the front seats like the van. It had
a Slant Six and was a neat little truck. The vehicles were simple and
easy to work on plus they rarely quit on you leaving you stranded. All
you had to do was keep them serviced and the critters would run forever.
I miss those old crates. ^_^
TDD