Facom Tools

[Donald Lamond]

I have e-mailed  your source for one of their catalogs.

Would like to contact you for the fabricating plans.  Sounds very interesting.

Would especially like to hear how you rigged your seal removing pliers.

Donald
84  4Ks
"Perry, Chris (EDS)" wrote:

> Check out this link.  http://www.motorworks.com/vw/  use the keyword search
> to look for valve spring compressor.  They list it for 110.00 but it is not
> available right now.  They do have the valve stem seal pliers for 27.00 and
> lots of other "neat" tools for very reasonable prices.
>
> I fabricated my own valve spring compressor for about 5.00 in parts from the
> local Home Depot.  I could take pics. if you like, it was really easy.  I
> also used some large needle nose pliers with an angled end to remove the
> valve stem seals and a socket to install the new ones.  I placed tape over
> the end of the valve stems to protect the new seals as I was pushing them
> on.
>
> Hope that helps and feel free to ask any more questions,
> Chris Perry
> 89 90q
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Lamond [mailto:dlam119 at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:28 AM
> To: one at humanspeakers.com
> Cc: Quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Facom Tools
>
> The Facom tool, DM10A, is a tool  used to remove the old valve seals from
> the
> head while it is still attached to the block.
>
> <major snippage>