Wanted: Valve Spring Retainer

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September 1st, 2012, 06:28 PM

67KS442ORIG

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Wanted: Valve Spring Retainer

Need several original Valve Spring Retainers for a 1967 Olds 400.
Marks on the retainers may be a crack developing.

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September 1st, 2012, 06:50 PM

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Those are not like the original retainers I have seen on any of the approx. 20 pairs of Olds heads I have disassembled.

September 1st, 2012, 07:13 PM

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Thanks for the your feedback.
I do not know what to say. The heads have been off the car two times, but the retainers were not changed.
Here is the installed valve / spring arrangement.
Bill

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September 2nd, 2012, 12:03 PM

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I have a bunch of those retainers from Olds heads as well as some of the rotating retainers from Olds heads. PM me.

September 3rd, 2012, 10:10 AM

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The difference I saw was in the inner step on the spring side. If the installed height is the same, you can use whatever retainer you find for 11/32" valve stems and 7 degree keepers.