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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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how do you seat the valve seals. I bought the ms3 kit from tsp with the prc dual valve springs. Tried them twice how my friend said but they keep comming up to the top of the spring and leaking.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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grab a socket that bearly fits the top and pound it in untill you feel it go all the way down. you will notice a change in the sound as you pound it in. use a 11mm I think to seat them with a hamer. hope that helps
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grab a socket that bearly fits the top and pound it in untill you feel it go all the way down. you will notice a change in the sound as you pound it in. use a 11mm I think to seat them with a hamer. hope that helps
Yup...make sure you lube 'em up good before you put em on.
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i told you!!!
and u were also told to clean all the dirt out of ur lifters and then soak them in oil but no u didnt. Atleast the seals werent as costly *** the fuckup u did *****.
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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and u were also told to clean all the dirt out of ur lifters and then soak them in oil but no u didnt. Atleast the seals werent as costly *** the fuckup u did *****.
lifters were clean bonehead, **** was still in block.
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lifters were clean bonehead, **** was still in block.
no bonehead u didnt soak the lifter like u were suppose to. i guess ur LS1bible didnt tell u to do that did it.
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no bonehead u didnt soak the lifter like u were suppose to. i guess ur LS1bible didnt tell u to do that did it.
gues you didnt see when i did lube them up many times like supposed to. excess debris in motor that floats around then sets ontop of lifter will do that. without doin a complete tear down of a motor that hit a tree, you dont know what is going ot happen. but i what i did know is to seat valve seals
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