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Originally Posted by dennish
Embarrassing, but nevertheless it happened. I called my mechanic friend who came over and was able to pull the dropped valve up and out through the valve guide with a small SnapOn magnet. He also came equipped with a bore scope, but that was not needed. I really thought the head would need to be pulled. Needless to say how relieved I was. I wanted to post this as it might help someone.
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congratulations.... i hesitated for at least a year... to do the valve stem job..... i finally did two...
what did you do to get the passenger side valve against the firewall... what type of tool?
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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)
1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus
1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k
1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it
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