[AT] stuck good on a WD 45 engine question!

[Mark Greer]

New seals need to be on the intake valves to keep oil out and valve stem to
guide clearance is critical. The exhaust valves don't typically introduce
oil to the cylinders in any where near the volume that the intake valves do.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] stuck good on a WD 45 engine question!


> That was the first thing we considered Mark.  I did't measure the
> stem clearance but they seemed to be in better shape than other old
> tractor engines I've done valve jobs on and never had any such oil
> problems with ones that  were worse.  ....And we put new valve stem
> seals on the exhaust valves.   John