Subject: Re: V700 Engine Issue - Thanks
Author: John Chicoine
Date: Jan 21, 2005, 5:37 AM
Post ID: 1718248074
Chevy small block valves will work if you cut the stem lenght down and recut
the keeper groove. I did a complete valve job on my Ambo for $40 years ago
by adapting common automotive parts.
John
67 V7 & offspring
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Prusnek" <spaj-@raex.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: V700 Engine Issue - Thanks
| Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here and get your free* stock car racing gift. http://click.topica.com/caac2NQb1dfltbN7eKTa/PermissionData ------------------------------------------------------------------- John: I hadn't weighed in on this issue yet, but this reminds me of when my wife and I rode down to Mid-Ohio several years back, she was on the '71 Ambo when it suddenly lost power while cruising around 70mph. She nursed it to the next rest stop where I found that one piston had shut down. After determining that it was still getting gas and spark and that there was nothing else to do, we fired it up and she limped it about 40 miles to Mid-Ohio on one cylinder. The autopsy revealed that for some reason the valve kissed the top of the piston and bent it enough to hold it open. After mentioning the cost of a new valve to my machinist brother, he insisted that he bend it back. 5000 miles later and that valve is still in there. John Prusnek
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