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Originally Posted by GRIESL
Update: Finally got time after the holidays to get out there and inject some air into the cylinders to see what I'm up against. I didn't even need to hold the engine from turning to feel the wind coming out the intake. The rockers are off, so the valves should be fully seated, right? Perhaps I didn't leave the air going long enough to get it going out the exhaust, but didn't feel or hear any there. I would have thought that the exhaust valves would have burned first, but whatever.
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Good job.
With the rockers removed, all valves are fully closed........unless one of them is burned.
BTW, it's very common to burn an intake valve before an exhaust valve. The intake valve starts with a lash of .004".........it doesn't take much neglect by an owner for this to fall to zero. Once it goes below zero, the valve won't close and it quickly burns.
The exhaust valve starts with .014"........and has a much longer way to go before it's stuck open.
It's time to remove the head and send it to Metric. You won't be disappointed.