1996 Chrysler New Yorker do it yourself

1996 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER
86,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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JADED702
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my car has one or two bent valves, due to a timing belt malfunction. it was pretty worn and was begining to melt. (i was unaware that it needed to be replaced every 60000 miles)
i cannot afford to have it fixed and i've been considering doing it myself. my question to you is
should i attempt this? i have almost no expirence, but i do have someone to help me and my neighbor has quite a bit of expirence, mainly with dodge,ford ect., and is willing to give me a hand whenever possible. i am desperate to get this done and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
Dec 25, 2007 at 11:52 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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You will not be able to do this job on your own, removal and re fit the head yes, but the valves are a specialist job, requiring re machining valve seats, possibly replacing valve guides, and other machining jobs as well.

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 26, 2007 at 5:37 AM
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