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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak
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I bent one valve on my sister's subaru three years ago before removing the heads when pulling all the timing gear off. We can talk about what I did wrong later. lol
I am freaked out. I identify the valve because it's not seating. Go to the Subaru dealer. $18 for a new valve - full retail.
Take heads to shop for a reface. They charged me $10 to replace the valve.
Lots of worrying for nothing.
Side story. When I did the heads on the 81 911 in 1996 I was paying about $50 per sodium filled valve. I went to a speed shop in Houston. A set of valves for a 350 V8 was $60. Perhaps just the intake or exhaust valve sets but it was eye opening.
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One reason I love my El Camino, is the cheap parts. I had an brand new 350 right from GM, not rebuilt, not remanafactured, 100% new 350 delivered to my door for $1,700.00 2 year and 24,000 mile warranty included. Nothing else is close to that cheap except lawn mower engines. I did the engine swap myself over the long Thanksgiving weekend. I just swapped over the water pump, starter, alternator, AC compressor, and such. I did have a buddy swing by to help stab in the new engine.
I bought GM Mr. Goodwrench brand front brake pads a few years back, and they were a whopping 12 bucks. No cores needed.