[TPR] wtf?

[Asa Jay Laughton]

JB,
Are you kidding me?

I had to remove the valve springs to replace the valve stem seals on my 
engine a couple years ago:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2951

No problems, no worries, done deal.

If you can't get this done with the heads on your car.... well, I better 
not go that far since you -are- talking about -two- springs on each 
valve.  But that's where I draw the line.

Put the piston at TDC, lock it there with a prybar at the flywheel if 
you can.
Pressurize the cylinder with constant air.
Compress the existing spring a few turns enough to take the pressure off.
Smack the retainer with a plastic/rubber hammer to break it loose from 
the keepers.  (I'm guessing this is your real problem.)
Compress the spring the rest of the way and remove the keepers.
Remove the spring and retainer.

Now... how to compress -two- springs I'm not sure, might depend on the 
style of compressor you use.
Reverse the process but leave out the smacking with hammer part. :)

Step up man... you can do it, no more whining, get r' done.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 4/22/2011 7:25 PM, John Bentley wrote:
> OK, raise your hand if you have ever successfully replaced your valve 
> springs with the engine/heads in the car.....  I hear crickets..... 
> :)  ....damn cooling bottles.......
>
> I gotta put the second valve springs in my engine since it is now 
> broken-in if there is any hope of getting to NORC.  I've tried the old 
> rope trick, any one of over 6 or 7 valve spring compressors, etc.  I'm 
> now pressurizing the cylinders in hopes of keeping the valve up long 
> enough to insert the second spring.
>
> I've tried the piston at TDC, but the coil seems to bind before the 
> valve touches the piston.  Does anyone know if you can compress the 
> valve spring enough with the piston at TDC with closed-chamber heads 
> (and flat-top pistons) so you can remove the keepers before the 
> springs bind?  -----924-16 comp cam springs----
>
> JB
>
>
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