valve retainers 9n

Robert Jensen · Mar 24, 2009

How do you remove the valve retainers on a 9n
I screwed up and left gas in over the winter

Anonymous-0 · Mar 24, 2009

rip them out with a pointed tool or a vice grip. do not reuse

Robert Jensen · Mar 24, 2009

thanks tried that but were being stubborn i guess i'll have to get tough. thanks

george md · Mar 24, 2009

Robert,

Using the proper bar , pull the guide in a
little deeper and the guide retainer will pull
out easily. Then push the guide and valve up
as an assembly , then you can separate the
halves of the guide.
If it has been updated to 8N guides , then
remove the keepers and retainer after removing
the assembly.

BTW the tool to remove and install the
guide is about 2 ft long and has fork at each
end.

george

Robert Jensen · Mar 24, 2009

thanks George

Bob · Mar 24, 2009

"I screwed up and left gas in over the winter"

What the heck does THAT have to do with removing the valve retainers?

Robert Jensen · Mar 24, 2009

it gums up the valves to where you have no compression

Bob · Mar 24, 2009

Jon Hagen · Mar 25, 2009

Unless you had bad valves before the stale gas glue stuck them open, you should be able to melt that gunk out of there with a good spray can of carb cleaner. Remove the manifolds and spray cleaner around the valve stems from the top.
Once you get the "glue" washed out of the guides, the valves should be back to normal.

Robert Jensen · Mar 25, 2009

Trying to start it was backfireing thru the carb when I pulled the valve adjustment covers off I found one of the retainers already off.So I already removed the manifold and head an was going to go ahead and do a valve job. The rest of the engine appears to be tight. thanks

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