[SEL] Valve guides one more time?

[Ray Freeman Portable Line Boring]

On a Lister I recently did the valve stems were pitted. I machined them to 
clean up. The old guides were shot so I removed them and reamed the bores 
back to round and then made new ones out of soft cast iron. Made them around 
.001 thou interferance in the new bores and made the ID's a bit of clearance 
on the valve stems. They seem to be working well. The old ones were also 
cast iron and they went for 80 years.


Ray Freeman
Portable Line Boring
http://www.plb.iinet.net.au
plb at plb.iinet.net.au
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Allen" <transteck at earthlink.net>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: [SEL] Valve guides one more time?


Hello all,

Here's where I'm coming from guys and gals. I have never rebuilt one of 
these engines, but I am documenting my rebuild. I want the information to be 
accurate. Bad information is worse than none at all. I am hoping you 
veterans will share your experiences when I ask questions.

Once again I am considering using modern thin wall bronze guides, but would 
love to hear how others have handled this. Knurling is not an option for me 
on this, but might work for others. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for the responses from Montana, all two of them. Appreciated and 
hoped for more.

This is an engine forum if I remember correctly. Do I need to find a battery 
forum for this question? :-)

Regards,

Jeff Allen
Arvada, Colorado USA

http://oldengine.org/members/allen/
http://frapa.us/
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