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well, I talked to several people about my problem and the common opinion is that where the valves are showing wear is not that big of a problem. the shop that is doing my head work said that as long as there is no damage where the valve rides on the guide and the part of the valve that seats on the head it should be ok as long as it is not to savier.

so I am going to clean them over the weekend and check them out before I get to upset. when I disassembled the heads, and when I did there was no play between the guide and the valve with out the spring and they slid out with a small amount of resistence but did not need to be cleaned up to get out or anything. everything looks seasoned on the inside but not to dirty. I spent all yesterday cleaning the rockers, timing chain cover and everything else that I could remove and get away with.

I ran my finger over the cycl. wall at the top and you can feel a small amount of a ridge but it wasen't enough to "catch" my finger nail on. like I said the walls look pretty good. I think I probably need to just pull the block and check everything in the bottom end for some cheap insurance, well that and so I can clean a bunch of grime and paint the engine bay...