Technical Model A Four Banger Valves (How Do You Get Them Out?)

So I finally decided to pull that old four banger apart. I got it for free from a friend of mine because he said it was stuck. I've started disassembling it, and I truly believe that its only suffering from stuck valves.

Sprayed everything that moved down in penetrating oil. Got all the valves unstuck (mostly). I was able to get the first spring off of a valve when it suddenly dawned on me that the base of this valve was not going to come up from the block.

The base of this valve has a shape like the bottom of an hour glass. How in the hell do I get it out without busting anything?

 

Two piece valve guides.

 

The valve spring basically holds the split guides in place.

Dave

 

Have you checked out the monthly banger meet? If you are having issues the guys over there are awesome to help.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/june-2020-banger-meet-thread-so-four-so-good.1195616/

Here is a link to this month's meet.

 

I hope this picture helps. As stated before split valve guides. These tools will work fine. Gary in MN