Re: GRD214 valves
Posted:
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:36 pm
by cornbinder89
6 volt ign doesn't like resistor wires use solid core wires if useing a 6 volt coil.
Re: GRD214 valves
Posted:
Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:55 am
by tmilob
Valve springs can be removed without removing the head. Use a valve spring compressor designed for a flat head engine.
I removed a spring from my engine a few months ago, no problem. Just make sure you don't drop the retainers into the sump.
The sparkplug can be removed and the valve can be knocked (lightly) using a wood dowel if the retainers are stuck.
- Flat head spring compressor
Re: GRD214 valves
Posted:
Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:22 pm
by bedrockjon
back to original question, I owned and rebuilt quite a few 214 motors, and if I remember correctly all of them had a little putt putt at the idle, not sure if it's just the nature of the old motor, distributor slop, nature of the carb, who knows,
but I could get them idling real smooth, except for a random putt here and there, bugged me early one but I got over it, I tune them now more for "performance" timing rather than smooth idle