valve spring compressors?

[Perry, Christoper (EDS)]

Here is what I came up with on the cheap.  I used compressed air to keep the
valves up.  Some of the keepers were very sticky so had to kind of hammer on
the lever with my hand.  Don't do it too hard though or you'll open the
valve and all the air will escape.

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Cheers,
Chris Perry

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Green [mailto:jeg1976 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:32 PM
To: Pat Korach; Haydn Taylor; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: valve spring compressors?



--- Pat Korach <tm2 at zipcon.net> wrote:
> Haydn
>
> I use a C type spring compressor and a
> socket. Use a socket that is just small
>  enough to go in the recess and wrap the
> outside with electrical tape.  The socket
> should be small enough so the retainer does
> not go inside the socket.  Use the compressor like
> you would on a regular
> head, wth socket in between  the compressor fork end
> and the retainer.  This
> worked
> pretty good for me.  Getting the keepers in
> the retainers correctly takes patience.  I would
> drop a keeper in one at a
> time down the square hole of the socket.  Used a
> thin
> screwdriver and a flashlight to move the
> keeper around till it dropped in next to the
> valve stem.
>
> Hope this helps


Man, all of these idea's.  At least now I know I'm not
the only one doing it the cheep way.  I use an O2
sensor socket instead of a regular one.  Mine has a
big slot in the side big enough to get the forceps in
that are holding the keepers.  If the head is out of
the car, just put it on a bench with something under
the valve you're working on, like some large washers,
get the hammer out, wack the top of your socket to
loosen the retainer, then use the compressor and the
keepers will fall right off.  If it's on the car, I
like turning each cyl to tdc to hold the valves.  I
have had to fish a valve out before using tiny
magnetic pickup tools, let me tell you, it SUCKS!

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI Stage II
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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