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Estate dead engine? Help! 120-130 1968

posted by  patrick of montreal on  Sun May 13 17:19 CST 2012
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No reason to rebuild the engine if it is only a bad valve....just rebuild the head, faster cheaper.
BUT poor compression on one cyl is not always a bad valve/valve seat, could be a worn cam, bent pushrod (unlikely) bad piston etc....a full rebuild will catch all of that of course, but if you can work out exactly what is wrong a little head/valve job etc will get you back on the road faster, with less disassembly and less $$$. Good luck.
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Patrick, '68 220 (used to drive 240s) '53 GMC 4104






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New Estate dead engine? Help! [120-130][1968]
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