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Old 03-27-2013, 11:03 AM   #18
Ed in Maine
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Location: Washington Cty., ME or Flagler Cty., FL
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Default Re: water in the oil

Will, I feel your pain. I have had the cylinder head off twice on my 1914 and it still has low compression and is hard to start. Valves are not the problem, I closely inspected each one and lapped them just to be sure and installed new springs. Sometimes I can't start it and other times it goes and surprises me. This spring I will use all the suggestions above, mill the head and install helicoils in all the holes. I cannot get to 45 ft-lbs in some of the holes and many feel spongy on the torque wrench. Good luck with your problems. Ed
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