<VV> Dropped valve seats

[MarK Durham]

If the heads were spotless clean I would say someone did a valve job and
didn't get the seats fitted correctly. I would suspect the rest and check
them all.
On May 14, 2014 12:13 PM, "Ed Lindsay via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>
> I got up with the guy in Florida that was looking for some heads. He has a
> 66 110 that had  no compression on cylinders 1 and 6.  We pulled the heads
> off and it had dropped valve seats in both heads- at the same time ! That
> sounds like some really bad luck, especially for a first time Corvair
> owner. The motor itself looked like a Johnny Cash motor,  Smog motor with
> 66/67 heads, various aftermarket pushrods, and other stuff that looked like
> they just used whatever was laying around.  The heads themselves looked
> like they were brand new- spotless clean and the exhaust stacks were still
> clean and shiny-no rust, no discoloration from oil, very little carbon
> buildup. Anybody else ever heard of dropping two valve seats at once -on
> opposite sides ?
>
>
>  Ed Lindsay
>
> West Florida Corvair Club
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