Re: A note on non IH valve seals

["Bill Thebert" <bthebert@domain.elided>]

> From: RIK D DESJARDIN <rikofwa@domain.elided>
> Subject: A note on non IH valve seals
> 
> last fall all but two seals had the center seperated from the walls and
> there were a bunch of the little springs from the seals smashed up laying
> around head.  

Rik:

The seals I used had no "center" vs. "walls", or "little springs".  They
were like little ruber "thimbles" (but with parallel sides, no taper) with
a hole in the very tip for the valve stem.

>    Then I put napa big block chevy valve seals on and they were thick
> enough that the keepers came down and smashed the seals  all to heck and
> bent pushrods.  

The ones I used and was trying to describe were pretty soft rubber --
barely 1/16" thick anywhere on them, I'd guess.

Sounds like you obtained something very different from what I had/have.

Bill Thebert