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Car Forum / MINI / December 2004

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Removing Valve Guides

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Ironcow - 23 Dec 2004 22:08 GMT
Hi anyone have any tricks to getting them out with out beating them out or
somthing like that ?

Thanks James K
Steve68s - 23 Dec 2004 22:31 GMT
Brute force is the only way,

Steve,

> Hi anyone have any tricks to getting them out with out beating them out or
> somthing like that ?
>
> Thanks James K
Fitzy - 23 Dec 2004 23:49 GMT
The right size drift and a 5lb lump hammer usually works for me,
just make sure you support the head as close to the guide as possible,
HTH
Fitzy

> Brute force is the only way,
>
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>> Thanks James K
(-AD-) - 24 Dec 2004 00:04 GMT
And Elvis was sitting next to Fitzy in the spaceship, which I thought
was kinda weird, but then they turned to me and said:

> The right size drift and a 5lb lump hammer usually works for me,
> just make sure you support the head as close to the guide as possible,

Driving them out downwards is usually  a bit easier  than driving them
upwards.
Rob - 24 Dec 2004 13:17 GMT
How about a press and measure the guide before its removed and cut a
small piece of pipe to make a depth stop when pressing the new guides
back in.

> Brute force is the only way,
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>>Thanks James K
Ironcow - 24 Dec 2004 19:37 GMT
LOL how about getting them in lol,  I was just gonna weld a bolt to a old
valve and beat them out also was thining of heating the head up a bit will
this help.

James K
> How about a press and measure the guide before its removed and cut a small
> piece of pipe to make a depth stop when pressing the new guides back in.
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>>>Thanks James K
John Manders - 25 Dec 2004 16:34 GMT
The best tool is an old guide.
Put a bolt down it and spin it in a drill. I'm assuming you don't have a
lathe. With course emery, reduce the OD by about 5 thou.
Take an old valve and put a nut on the stem followed by the slimmed down
guide. The nut is to stop the guide splitting when you hammer the fitted
guide out. You now have a cheap stepped drift.
As someone said, drift them out downwards into the combustion chamber.
Remove and replace one guide at a time. You can set the fitted distance by
using a straight edge across the other guides. Now you see why you only
change one at a time.
Don't forget that the valve seats will probably need cutting after fitting
new guides.
It is also a good idea to replace the rockers if they are worn. If the
rockers have hollows in the pad that bears on the valve stem, they will
exert a great deal of side force when they come to the end of their arc. You
may think that they would only bear over the same area as before but if the
seats have been cut or ground, the valves will be slightly further into the
head so upsetting the old geometry.

John

> LOL how about getting them in lol,  I was just gonna weld a bolt to a old
> valve and beat them out also was thining of heating the head up a bit will
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> >>>Thanks James K
Ironcow - 25 Dec 2004 19:34 GMT
Cool Cool never thought of that my brother has a lathe,  thanks for all the
help guys is helping much.  I don't mean to bug you guys too much more lol I
just got my old block that I had up at my brothers and am trying to figger
out what it is for sure as I was told the head I got was a 997 cooper head
and it's a 998 cooper head..  I tried to find the info on Google but no real
luck.  I think the this motor had a ID plate on it but it is missing.  the
cam looks more aggressive when I put it beside the one out of the 998 block
I pulled out of the car.  The old guy I  got them off about 10 bloody years
ago its rebuilt and I only paid $200(I think my dad talked him down to 175
can't remember for sure)  for the head, block, duel carbs, header, tranny so
even if it is not anything great still was not a bad deal. The only nubers I
can find on the block are 12a497       208  under that 10   on the far side
from the 12a497   says 220  under that a 8.

Thanks James K

> The best tool is an old guide.
> Put a bolt down it and spin it in a drill. I'm assuming you don't have a
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Ironcow - 25 Dec 2004 22:11 GMT
What the  hell  ???  I did not post this junk  about  deep frying

James K

> Cool Cool never thought of that my brother has a lathe,  thanks for all
> the help guys is helping much.  I don't mean to bug you guys too much more
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Ironcow - 25 Dec 2004 18:49 GMT
fresh from the hospital, nursery, or morgue;
you can at least get rid of all the leftovers in your refrigerator.

1 - 2 lbs. cubed meat (human flesh, chicken, turkey, beef...)
1 -2 lbs. coarsely chopped vegetables
  (carrots, potatoes, turnips, cauliflower, cabbage...)
Bell pepper
onions
garlic
ginger
salt pepper, etc.  
Olive oil
butter

Brown the meat and some chopped onions, peppers, and garilic in olive oil,
  place in baking dish, layer with vegetables seasoning and butter.
Bake at 325? for 30 - 45 minutes.
Serve with hot dinner rolls, fruit salad and sparkling water.

B?b? Buffet 1

Show off with whole roasted children replete with apples in mouths -
and babies? heads stuffed with wild rice. Or keep it simple with a
hearty main course such as stew, lasagna, or meat loaf.

Some suggestions

Pre-mie pot pies, beef stew, leg of lamb, stuffed chicken, roast pork spiral ham,
Cranberry pineapple salad, sweet potatoes in butter, vegetable platter, tossed salad with tomato and avocado, parsley new potatoes, spinich cucumber salad, fruit salad
Bran muffins, dinner rolls, soft breadsticks, rice pilaf, croissants
Apple cake with rum sauce, frosted banana nut bread sherbet, home made brownies
Iced tea, water, beer, bloody marys, lemonade, coffee

The guests select food, beverages, silverware... everything from the buffet table.
They move to wherever they are comfortable, and sit with whoever they choose.
Provide trays so your guests will not spill everything all over your house from
carrying too much, nor will they have to make 10 trips back and fourth from the
service stations.

Roast Leg of Amputee

By all means, substitute lamb or a good beef roast if the haunch
it is in any way diseased. But sometimes surgeons make mistakes,
and if a healthy young limb is at hand, then don?t hesitate to cook
it to perfection!

1 high quality limb, rack, or roast
John Manders - 25 Dec 2004 19:18 GMT
enough for deep frying
1 loaf French bread
Lettuce
tomatoes
mayonnaise, etc.

Marinate the fetuses in the egg-mustard mixture.
Dredge thoroughly in flour.
Fry at 375? until crispy golden brown.
Remove and place on paper towels.

Holiday Youngster

One can easily adapt this recipe to ham, though as presented,
it violates no religious taboos against swine.

1 large toddler or small child, cleaned and de-headed
Kentucky Bourbon Sauce (see index)
1 large can pineapple slices
Whole cloves

Place him (or ham) or her in a large glass baking dish, buttocks up.
Tie with butcher string around and across so that he looks like
 he?s crawling.
Glaze, then arrange pineapples and secure with cloves.
Bake uncovered in 350? oven till thermometer reaches 160?.

Cajun Babies

Just like crabs or crawfish, babies are boiled alive!
You don?t need silverware, the hot spicy meat comes off in your hands.

6 live babies
1 lb. smoked sausage
4 lemons
whole garlic
2 lb. new potatoes
4 ears corn
1 box salt
crab boil

Bring 3 gallons of water to a boil.
Add sausage, salt, crab boil, lemons and garlic.
Drop potatoes in, boil for 4 minutes.
Corn is added next, boil an additional 11 minutes.
Put the live babies into the boiling water and cover.
Boil till meat comes off easily with a fork.

Oven-Baked Baby-Back Ribs

Beef ribs or pork ribs can be used in this recipe,
and that is exactly what your dinner guests will assume!
An excellent way to expose the uninitiated to this highly misunderstood
yet succulent source of protein.

2 human baby rib racks
3 cups barbecue sauce or honey glaze (see index)
Salt
black pepper
white pepper
paprika

Remove the silverskin by loosening from the edges,
  then stripping off.
Season generously, rubbing the mixture into the baby?s flesh.
Place 1 quart water in a baking pan, the meat on a wire rack.
Bake uncovered in 250? oven for 1? hours.
When browned, remove and glaze,
  return to oven and bake 20 m

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