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Re: Valve recession?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 7/10/2003

Richard,

First of all, if you pull the valve cover and get the casting number and date code off the cylinder head, I can tell you if the head originally had hardened seats. A quick check for valve recession would be to take off all the rockers and lay a stra... Login to read more.