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That sounds to me more like a valve cutting job. All I'm doing is going to use compound to clean the seat and face of the valve where it rides in the seat by using the cordless drill in all one motion, and I can also use reverse, then I'll do the back and forth motion with the lap tool by hand to finish it off. Compress the spring, new seal, keeper, release spring compressor and done. When I say POOR MAN, I mean POOR MAN. It'll work and still be 10x better than it was before. I'm not expecting much for a 219,000 mile short block and probably 120-150,000 mile heads with a lap job. As long as it runs good, doesn't foul plugs and uses no more than a quart of oil per 1000 miles, I'll consider it good. My other trucks with newer clean motors that get oil changes at 5000-10,000 miles, I'll use that oil in this pig to keep my oil expense down.