Originally Posted by
captinjohn
Would one you guys that has a Saito apart or have some broken engines measure some valve for me. I am working on a 4 cyl old time engine. Looking for a valve with a head dia of around .430. The length would need to be close to 1.375 in length. Sharing this data would be great for those building cast kit engines. Thanks Very much in advance. John PS any other brand valve sizes too !
Ryobi 4 stroke engines were very available for free at my strimmer repair/sales shop three years ago.. I had 3 of them, but moved and gave them away. You might check that source, although maybe by now they have been purged even from the junk piles.
I have tried to get a Stihl 4-Mix with no luck, even though the shops said they were not a commercial success. Seems the customers thought that since they were 4 stroke that they did not have to add oil to the gas mix. And they burned them up. Still the shops would not give them away (Stihl Co. policy?).
Sincerely, Richard
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