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Valve Jobs and Spring Change... Should I Do It or Let a Machine Shop Do It?

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  • Start date Start date Jul 19, 2004

mrbadong

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I recently purchased a DSS 306 and already had some Edelbrock 6037 heads w/ 10k miles on them. I want to go ahead and replace the valves with some quality ones and also replace the springs and spring seats. Is this something that I can do or is it better to have a machine shop do the work? I'm pretty mechanically inclined. Any tricks or tips and what tools are needed?
 

Ray III

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can't just slap in new valves and call it good. The valve and seat faces need to be machined to fit together perfectly. Give the valves and heads to a shop for that, (make sure it is a 3 or 5 angle valve job) then it is easy to install valve stem seals and springs if u have a spring compressor tool.
 
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