New valves?
 

This is my first mini-me build for shits giggles late nights in the garage and beer after getting out of the Marines. I got the head from a guy that had seemed like he left it outside in the rain possibly but not a ton of rust. I disassembled the head and sent it off to the head shop thinking i could get the valves clean. After soaking them over night, scrubbing with a soft wire brush, taking a dremel with a wire brush, i still cant get some of the valves seats clean or rust off the bottom. My last resort is to buy new valves. The machine shop dude is pretty much a dick and overcharged me to resurface my head(because he's the only machine shop in the town) so im sure he'll charge me out the ass to cut the valves.

can i put sand paper to my valves?

how hard can i go with a dremel and wire brush? can i use a coarse wire brush?

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Re: New valves?
 

I would send them to be spot faced and check overall condition. I would not take sandpaper to them.

Re: New valves?
 

course wire wheel on a bench grinder does the trick

Re: New valves?
 

I wish I had a bench grinder, i'd be set on this issue. Im planning on buying one off amazon but it wouldn't be here by the weekend when im doing my build. Annnnd my hatch is my daily so it cant be down more than the weekend.

Re: New valves?
 

yup wire wheel.
very few times i run into stock valves which cannot be saved(non bent) from just carbon build up.

h22 valves
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ls valves
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