Hey Gents,

Thx a tone to Casey and Wayne for helping to pull my motor yesterday. It was a great day with tons of progress.

The issue ended up beimg a valve train failure. While we are by no means certain, we suspect that one of the tappet guide forks failed and allowed the tappet to rotate. So the damage was far more extensive than I thought.

We also inspected the pistons and there was valve contact on two. Hence, I need to find a good machine shop to check the heads. Are there any recommendations for machine shops in the N Houston area?

Thx

Dave Neary