[alfa] 164 V6 valve guides follow up

[AlfaRs@xxxxxxx]

Well I've got the engine out and disassembled (major pain) and I've run into
something that I've never seen before.  On the rear head I had an extremely 
hard
time pulling the rocker arm shaft.  I ended up using a combination of slide 
hammer
and punches to get it out.  The shaft seems bent just a little.  There are 
some
spots of fretting and galling on the shaft.  I haven't cleaned the head yet 
so I can't
tell if one of the bores is damaged but I doubt it because the damage is in 
several
different spots on the shaft.  Preliminary measurements on the head show very 
little
warpage (less than .005")  So I'm a little stumped here.  The warpage of the 
shaft
 is very little.  To the point that when rolled across a flat surface you can 
just
make out spots of light under one end.  The shaft does not show signs of oil
starvation.  Anyone ever seen this before?  I can see a few signs that the 
valves
have been removed on this head before (a few nicks on the wall from a valve 
spring
compressor).  I guess it may have had a timing belt failure at some point but 
I
don't see any witness marks on the pistons.

On another note after I removed the engine and pulled the head I discovered 
that I
no longer own a valve spring compressor.  I must have lost it in one of my 
many
moves.  A quick trip to sears got me a C clamp style compressor so I only 
needed
the adapter that IAP sells.  Well they were out of stock so I was screwed.   
I came
up with something that worked great.  A 3/4" PVC fitting with a couple of 
holes
cut in the side worked great.  I would recommend that a small piece of metal
be used between the valve spring and head walls in case something slips but
it worked for me in a pinch.

Dave McCrory
Maryville, TN
93' 164 (spread all over the garage)
87' Verde
87' Platinum
87' Gold
76' Spider
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