Valve seats

[soundcontrol]

Helping a buddy with a 55 T-Bird. Just a fix, not rebuilding the engine. A valve was stuck and the pushrod got bent. Is this valve seat too far gone to be grinded with compound? Not sure if I have to leave it to a machine shop or not. Looking for a cheap solution. I need a new valve, and a pushrod, not sure about the lifter, can't get to those from the top in this engine. It's a 292 Y-block.

[Cuda Cody]

I'm not an engine expert, but that looks like it's going to need some machining.  I hate doing things twice, so I would be having a machine shop taker a peek. 

[larry4406]

Can you try to lap it and do some sort of seal check (plexiglass over head surface and pressure test via spark plug hole)?

[Chryco Psycho]

I would install hard seats while it is apart , far cheaper than tearing into it again

[RUNCHARGER]

What Psycho said. You can't backyard that one and if it has to go to a shop anyway you might as well fix it for life.

[1971Y13]

Helping a buddy with a 55 T-Bird. Just a fix, not rebuilding the engine. A valve was stuck and the pushrod got bent. Is this valve seat too far gone to be grinded with compound? Not sure if I have to leave it to a machine shop or not. Looking for a cheap solution. I need a new valve, and a pushrod, not sure about the lifter, can't get to those from the top in this engine. It's a 292 Y-block.

My first US car was a 57 T-bird, still have it bought it 1982.

[soundcontrol]

Yeah, I told my friend to change all the seats so he can run regular gas without adding the lead substitute, but he wanted a quick fix. I'll tell him again...

[1971Y13]

Quick fix is find another head, don't think it's to hard to find one or two in Sweden.

[soundcontrol]

Quick fix is find another head, don't think it's to hard to find one or two in Sweden.

True, lot of old Fords here...

[1 Wild R/T]

Best fix for that car is swap in a 5.0 HO EFI... Takes 200 lbs off the nose & doubles the horsepower...