New B-3-B owner with some basic questions

By ktb
November 7 in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum

https://p15-d24.com/topic/62159-new-b-3-b-owner-with-some-basic-questions/

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Posted Saturday at 05:37 PM

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Quick update:

Using the valve spring compressor I was able to tell that all of the exhaust valves are free, and all but #2 intake valves are stuck. So I'm guessing old gas turned to varnish and locked those valve stems in the guides.

On to head removal...

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ktb

November 12

I also spent some time getting familiar with wheels with oval valve stem holes. I took the original wheels to Discount Tire to replace the old tube tires with tubeless, and they used standard round r

Dave72dt

December 3

How many nuts and bolts did you take out? There's two underneath that's difficult to see. Intake and exhaust come off together, exhaust pipe needs to be unbolted as well and DO NOT whale on it. Cas

ggdad1951

December 11

Basically you need to do this. If something is stuck, taking the head offf will tell you way more than guessing and poking at it. It's not the end of the world to take the head off.