RE: burnt exhaust valves

[Douglas J <big_jake57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Speaking of dear old dad, mine used to do the exhaust thing too.  Thing is 
he was generally right about it too.  I used to think maybe he just caught 
on to the "sound" of the bad valve.  Years ago I bought a mostly junk '69 
Charger for the motor and tranny (the 383 sits in my '63 'vert now), which 
when you turned the engine with the starter it had a slight "skip" as if it 
had low compression on one cylinder.  I immediately thought of a valve goin 
out, but after he did his exhaust test, he proclaimed that was not the case. 
 A compression check indeed showed one cyl somewhat down. Pullin the head 
showed no valve problems, lookin at the pistons did tho.  It had been 
"rebuilt" by a local vocational school student, who had replaced one piston. 
 It had 7 flat tops and one low compression piston.  We found lots of other 
goofs and gafs too, but thats another story.  My Mopar addiction came from 
him too.  Started with a 41 Plymouth business coupe he had.  "PeeWee" he 
called it.  He also put together a 48 Dodge my brother and I used to blast 
around the pasture with.  Split the exhaust manifold with dual pipes 
straight out the hood.  WooHoooo,, what a blast we had !!  Thanx for 
stirring the good memories Neil.

Jake


>   Come to think of it now i remember seeing my dad when he was test
>   driving a used car put his hand up to the tailpipe when the engine was
>   running, i wonder if thats what he was checking.
>    PS- anytime i mention dad i have to mention that  he worked in the
>    Dodge plant in San Leandro, CA.when he returned from fighting in the
>    pacific in WW2( before they moved the plant   down to Los Angeles
>    sometime i the early fifties) , its his fault i ended up a mopar
>    freak! dear old dad.
>
>    neal Zimmerman, eugene Oregon>
> >
>
> --

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