<VV> Re: Valve Guide Eater

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> >-----Original Message----- 
> >Subject: Ole Valve Guide Eater 
> > 
> > 
> >Smitty Says: Several have posted me wanting to know what I found on the 
> >wagon that might have caused the guide failures. I have told each that 
> >when I had something to report, I would. Got the engine fired up today 
> >with a oil press gauge on it. 40 psi at idle with engine warm. (Not 
> >full operating temp). Pulled a valve cover and it had the usual half cup 
> >of oil in it. After the initial draining was complete all rockers had a 
> >steady drip of oil coming from them. BUT !!! Not a squirt of oil in 
> >sight from any of the pushrods which were spinning around and around. 
> > My NAPA guy says his lifters listed for Corvairs are not the same 
> >as SBC. At this point I don't care if they have inverted wide dimples 
> >with a twin ball check flutter valve as long as they oil the springs. I 
> >will start installing them in the morning. 
> > 
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Is the valve guide material and supplier known ?