Success!!
Got the valve pulled back up and keepers back in without removing the head. Basically had to pull the exhaust manifold and use mirror, pliers, and extreme body contortioning to feed the valve back up, then slowly rotate the engine to push the piston up which in turn miraculously managed to find the valve guide (after about 15 attempts). The motor rotates freely now without binding. The #2 piston is back up at the top of the compression stroke where it should be.


Anyway, i'm going to read up on removing the camshafts and if it seems easy to do I will change the valve stem seals that way. I am most of the way there, Just need to set the engine to TDC, Remove timing cover, sprockets, and cams. I think that is going to be much easier to change the seals.

Any suggestions "while I'm in there?"

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2015 BMW X5 xdrive35i Msport
1999 Porsche Boxster
1974 Porsche 914 GT restomod