My '67 "Green Bean

[swamp rat]

Subscribed, my advice being as you got it free would be to send it to me and i'll pay shipping! and a finders fee... OK so that won't work.... Nice truck, congradulations!

I think 2" exhaust would be fine, most exhaust shops can help ya decide too..

Heads reworked? Head not heads.. Not a good idea unless your doing a full rebuild, a fresh head and an old bottom end will only accelerate ring wear..

[thankins93]

i just need to figure out to get 2 valves unstuck, i got all new push rods so what im going to do is where the old 2 bent putin 2 old straight ones and see if it happens again

[swamp rat]

OK,I got ya, still don't give the head a full rebuild unless absolutly nessasasy. also remember that the valves should not be mixed up if ya pull a couple out so keep track of what valve goes into what guide.

Prepare to pull the head, get a repair manual for that engine and read about the head removal/reassembly and bolt torque sequence and follow it if ya deem it nessasary to pull the head. Then drain all the coolant, remove all the rockers and push rods, at a minimum you really don't want to reuse the lifters or rockers ether as they could be worn and then you just transfer the wear to the new pushrods.

Pull the head and buy a valve spring compresor, remove the valve springs on the stuck valves and try to tap them out with a hammer handle or rubber mallett, again do not mix up the valve from its guide, just remember that any part that is metal to metal are wear parts and all parts wear differently so should not be mixed up.

figure out if you can free them up or if the head will have to have new valve guides installed by a machine shop.. Good luck, i'm still jelious!

[thankins93]

why are you jelious of my truck?

[67chevy1series]

who wouldnt be jealous of a small window? haha just jokin everybody i think it is picture time.....

[swamp rat]

Small window, 67 stepside, relativly straight body...... My dream project.. If i can ever find one.

[thankins93]

why is the small window so good? im just wondering. and hopefully ill be working on my truck monday so there should be pics soon. very soon!!

[67chevy1series]

this is the last small window truck to be on a light duty pickup the small windows were on the meduim and heavy duty all the way into the 80's so that has some significance at least to me...plus les sun can come through the window, maybe more stronger in a crash....

[thankins93]

sorry i dont think i will have pictures soon i tried to free up those 2 valves that are stuck and lets just say they are still stuck and i dont know what to do or even if i have the money to fix them anytime soon.

[67chevy1series]

that sucks man.....well when you have any updates let us know and when you can take pics let us see them. i hate it when things get in the way and it screws everything up...... really sucks

[thankins93]

trust me i know. im going to stay active on this site. just got to get the ball rolling on my build when i get some money. it suck when things dont go for the good

[67chevy1series]

yes i remmeber when my dada wouldnt let me put the engine in without the brake lines on the frame hahah i was mad but i finally got them on there nd he still came up with another reason haha once again i was dissapointed. well good to know your gonna stay active on the site

[thankins93]

it looks like im going to have to get my head redone. the guy i called said around 150-400 depending on what it needed. that sound about right?

[thankins93]

got some more pictures of me working on my truck, didnt get my valves working any better though

[FL71C10]

I see you are using the most important tool in the toolbox, your hammer!

[thankins93]

i just wish i could free them up, i can hammer them down and they pop back up but i cant them to move freely with the motor. i know somebody that will rework my head for $250 but i dont have that kind of money right now

[FL71C10]

Are those valves that are stuck harder to move with the hammer than the others? Do the rockers move when you crank it?

[67chevy1series]

when i seen the first pic oi thought no wonder why his valves arent working better he is hitting them with a hammer! hahah

[thankins93]

they are harder to move with the hammer but they still move, and i got one looser but when i crank the motor it gets stucks half way down and i have beat it with the hammer again to get it to come back up