How To: Remove valves from a Ford flat head

[Jacques Reed]

Glad to help.

I believe Litchfield Tool Co. is still in business. Pity they cannot dust off the old dies and strike a few hundred of the tools. They would have a ready market worldwide.

Cheers,

[Lynn Eades]

If you plan to strip out an engine that has been sitting for a long time, a vigorous soaking with a penetrant pre the job can help a lot.

[Dave Newcomb]

The site most popular with the Early Ford V8 Club international is Fordbarn.com
All the knowledgeable/expeirenced fellows are there. Dave N

[Mike K]

Used to be an old tool/engineering supply shop in central Melbourne called Ryan's ? They sold the flathead Ford V8 valve removal tool , I think it was their own design, a specially shaped length of rod that was hollowed out to fit around the valve head/stem from above so you could tap the split guides down.

They had an old fashioned overhead trolley system for the cash, you paid at the counter and a trolley would take the cash up to a mezzanine floor and the trolley would bring back your change . I remember buying a valve seat syncro seating tool there.