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Re: Valve seal replacement
Sdbigelow@aol.com wrote:
> My tuppence... Us cheap B*stards have used a piece of soft cotton rope
> stuffed into the plug hole, use maybe a foot or 18 in", leave some hanging
> out the hole, turn crankshaft until everything locks up...that valve has
> nowhere to go, now does it? Replace the seals on that cylinder, back off the
> crank, remove rope, NEXT!
Thanks for the tip. Sounds good in theory. If it works, it should be a
lot easier (and quiter for that matter), than my normal procedure with a
compressor.
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ