My 2CT which had a broken piston which bent an inlet valve.

Has anyone got a useable surplus one? please, email me.

- (#13161) Dave Mason (Sussex), 3 Sep 04 00:13

Dave, i have a spare inlet valve if you need one dave..

regards jim

- (#13161) j adgo, 3 Sep 04 08:48

Thanks Jim. Yes please. My address is in your email.

It appears that there are no suitable pattern valves, must be Toyota, so don't throw usable surplus ones away!
- (#13161) Dave Mason (Sussex), 5 Sep 04 01:39

The story, and perhaps a lesson, behind this is that the repairer who pressure tested the cylinder head replaced the valve for £9. Knowing the head is OK I then decided to repair the engine rather than replace and ordered the gaskets.

"Out-of-stock" plus a bank holiday meant that the gaskets took a week and it was only when I got the new valve stem oils seals that I immediately re-assembled the head, checked the valve clearances and found the new valve clearance was about 1mm too large and un-shimmable. At first sight it looks OK but overall it is 0.8mm shorter than a Toyota one and the head is noticeably thicker contributing to the discrepancy.

Lesson: Beware non-Toyota valves.

I don't know yet what new Toyota ones would cost as this has all happened over the weekend. I now wish that I'd temporarily assembled the head without the oils seals and found this out sooner, then I'd be driving around with aircon in this heat wave!
- (#13161) Dave Mason (Sussex), 6 Sep 04 03:00

dave - second hand inlet valve posted monday am , should be there soon - its the same as the measements you gave me - i checked it with a vernier

jim

- (#13161) j adgo, 6 Sep 04 18:13

Thanks Jim. It has fitted in fine. Have emailed you.

For reference. Today I discover that valves are readily available from Toyota at only £16+VAT, but it was the weekend when I discovered I needed one. Shims are too, at £7+VAT, each/ouch.

- (#13161) Dave Mason (Sussex), 8 Sep 04 08:33