Guide Me!!

I am looking for new valve guides but I am having trouble finding them at a decent price. Anyone know if valve guides have reusibility guidelines? This is the only thing holding up the reassembly of the head before I put her back together!

 

The Haynes book (also available for download ..Somewhere give a specific dimension and even side to side play so if you got a Dial gauge you can measure it.(harbour freight sells passable ones for $15)
Those are Bronze Hydural guides Good but soft.. last time I looked the Dealer wanted like $8 each..Not free but fairly cheap IMO.
But installing requires a dedicated drift and a reamer to ensure that pounding them in has not 'altered' the inner guide bore :_0

 

Any decent cylinder head shop can "KNURL" your existing valve guides without removing them from the head.
Should be cheap to do!

 

Bring the Head to a Machine Shop and have the Guides KNURLED as was just mentioned.
The Knurl process forces a Tool down through the Guide causing the Inside diameter to expand as the Knurl it worked to the bottom of the Guide.
Then the Knurled portion is drilled to like-new specs.

If you are going to have this work done:
Replace the Valve Seals
Have the Valves done and Lapped-in
Clean-off and clean-out all traces of carbon deposits on the Ports and Combustion Chambers.

Valve Job, Knurled Guided, Reface Valves and Seats, New Seals.

The Head will be like New!

 

Talked to the machine shop and those guides are on their way. Thanx guys you just saved me some green...always a good thing!