[mariner blue]

Joe...thanks for the advice. ABout 1500 miles ago the valves were ground....then the car was driven for 7 years, sat for 3.

The valves appear to work but I think during that "sitting" stage of 3 years, it caused some minor valve sticking in one of the valves. All work and the valve moves, just stick enough to throw the push rod off kilter.

Since I know how much of a problem it is to take the heads off...I am looking for any product that I can try that might unstick the valve. It easier to try that once, to see if it might work, that would save me a lot of work. Anything?

****If I do have to take the header off....on a 428, what exactly has to come off. The sticky valve is on the easy side of the car where there is no powersteering etc.... I will need to take off the right header and intakemanifold but it looks like the front can stay (water pump etc).. Can the intake manifold be taken off without taking off the left header? That one is the problem since it would mean taking off the power steering and all on that side of the car...jim