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Old 05-23-2012, 11:19 AM
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Hi Martin,
Considering the work to remove/install the heads and the fact that the guides are not very expensive + the ones that are not loose are probably worn out I would replace them all. Valve guides are pretty simple so aftermarket ones are probably fine but I have no expierence in that area. I would buy the parts and bring them in to the shop. sometimes they will not warrenty work done when they don't supply the parts but they usually have a huge parts markup.
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Originally Posted by werminghausen View Post
Tony, if you were me would you buy the new guides and bring the shop new guides and the heads and they deal with it....that's it?
What guides would you use/buy?
For the guides that seem to be tight and original...would you use OEM size
For the 2 loose valves would you use 1st oversize guides?
Martin
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