Valve Seals? occasional oil smoke.

[Buzzinhalfdozen]

I've had a Borgeson steering box and shaft for a few years now. For how much I paid for them I'm really not impressed. Having a little quicker turning ratio is nice but other than that it really made no difference how the truck drove. I would cancel your order and give Ryan at blue top steering gears a call. 

[JOHNFAK]

Talk with Ryan => http://www.bluetopsteeringgears.com/

This was from Bill (W&F) - he used to work or his dad did for redhead.

2/3rds the price ...... Im going to order today.

--- Really starting to wonder if the smoke from my truck is valve leak also ......... not sure as its more grey white ........ than dark/blue....... will get a compression and leak down going (thanks TFAORO) .... next couple weeks ...... and go from there.

Edited November 4, 2015 by JOHNFAK

[Ilikeoldfords]

If the valve guides are worn out, what does one do from there? Full head job? I have went through 2 sets of valve seals in about 100k miles and this set is starting to leak some oil too. The guy I bought the truck from had said the head was just gone through before I bought it. Apparently whoever did the work didnt know what they were doing...

[CSM]

56 minutes ago, Ilikeoldfords said:

If the valve guides are worn out, what does one do from there? Full head job? I have went through 2 sets of valve seals in about 100k miles and this set is starting to leak some oil too. The guy I bought the truck from had said the head was just gone through before I bought it. Apparently whoever did the work didnt know what they were doing...

Yep.  At that point, it will likely be some new guides and probably some new valves.  I would like to have the head off to do a gasket match port cleanup and do a valve job.... but it runs fine now and the start up smoke doesn't bother me. 

[Mopar1973Man]

As long as the oil consumption is low why worry too much.

[Ilikeoldfords]

At the moment my oil consumption is about a quart every 1000 miles. It doesnt leak on the ground anywhere. It was going through about this much oil before i had the last set of valve seals in. After the new seals i was only going through about a quart every 8000 miles. Guess its time for a head job. Any idea how much a thorough job costs?

[TFaoro]

My full head job was $1,300 but that included hardened exhaust seats and an O ring job. I guess it depends on how bad yours is but I would say a grand would be a safe overshoot.