Stuck valve now what?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

Thanks for the suggestions and pointers, this is the later flat head Ford Truck/Lincoln which as the valve retainer clips like the Chevy 6 and the one piece valve guide.

What I end up doing once I decided the valve was toast was welded a grade 8 bolt to the valve, then ran two nuts on and locked them against each other and used the impact wrench, with a light touch back and forth until it was turning a little. Then put spacer over the valve and used a nut and hand wrench as a threaded puller and the valve came out.

Yes, I did let the acetone evaporate overnight and had a fire extinguisher handy, though the engine is fairly clean by now. Think that welding the bolt on the valve probably heats the stem up nicely. The globs of stuff on the valve seats in the picture are anti splatter paste so I would damage the valve seats with splatter. Covered all the cylinder bores with leather welding shield.

Trick works for pulling a stuck valve which you can not get at easily to drive out.

Please read the next post a big safety caution about Sodium Filled Exhaust Valves.



Cheers Phil