Hi everyone. I just bought a chevy 292 inline yesterday from the local boneyard for 50 bucks. It is complete from carb to pan and with all of the accessories still on it. It had a flywheel on it, but thats been removed now and I have two toes shattered in 9 places to prove it. I went back outside and puled the valve cover to get ready for cleaning and some new gaskets. I found that two rockers had slipped off of their valves and pushrods. Turns out the valves were stuck open. I pulled the head and found the valves to both be exhausts, on two and four to be precise, and they were still intact. The pistons had minor scuffing from kissing the valves but they are still fine. Now I am not going to waste time with valves that hit pistons. Bought six new exhaust valves for the head and buying intakes next week. My question is, are valve issues something to watch for on these inline engines? It is fine if they are but I also know that most inlines are pretty durable and I would rather spend the money now to fix any design flaws within reason than to have to admit to the addage of, "Do it right or do it again... thanks dad."